by Dan Mitchell | Feb 29, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The race for the Democratic nomination is very depressing. All the candidates – even supposed moderates such as Biden and Buttigieg – are openly advocating a much bigger burden of government. I’m hoping some of their proposals are simply election-year pandering, that...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
This CF&P video is nearly 10 years old, so some of the numbers are outdated, but the seven reasons to reject tax increases are still very relevant. I’m recycling the video because the battle over tax increases is becoming more heated. Indeed, depending on what...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
The most obvious threat to free enterprise is Bernie Sanders, though other prominent leftists are giving “Crazy Bernie” plenty of competition. But I sometimes wonder whether the more tangible threat to capitalism comes from self-described conservatives who say they...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Last week, I shared a 24-question quiz that ostensibly determines whether you’re a communist. Though it might be just as accurate to ask one simple question: Do you have warm feelings about the Marxist dictatorship in Cuba? On that basis, Bernie Sanders fails. At...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Back in 2014, I shared a World Bank study that measured how tax complexity facilitates more corruption by government officials. Not that anyone should have been surprised. Complex tax codes enable politicians to extort bribes when writing the law (a problem that...
