Will this be the “spread the wealth around” of the 2016 campaign?
Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Has Italy Passed the Point of No Return for Statism and Big Government?
Decades of large government are taking their toll on Italy. Past generations mortgaged the future to support unsustainable policies, and now the bills are coming due.
Another Example of Government Thuggery – and another Reason Why Decent and Moral People Are Libertarians
The government has lots of ways to steal your money without charging you with a crime.
Washington’s Nauseatingly Corrupt Culture
Who is getting undeserved wealth thanks to influence peddling in Washington?
Canada Shows How to Eliminate the Tax Bias against Saving
What we can learned from our northern neighbors.
Wasting Money Is Washington’s Favorite Activity
Senator Tom Coburn’s 2014 Wastebook is out with a new, grisly collection of boondoggles and pork-barrel spending.
The U.S. vs U.K. Wimpiness Contest
Which freakout is worse?
The Real-World Impact of Higher Tax Rates on Upper-Income Households
New evidence confirms what we already knew: that Laffer Curve effects reduce expected revenue gains from higher taxes.
The Irish Tax Policy Debate: Bono 1 – Irish Union Bosses 0
In the Irish tax policy debate, Bono knows better than bosses from the leading Irish labor union. Moreover, the U.S. could learn a lot from Ireland’s success with a pro-growth corporate tax policy.
Who You Going to Believe on Infrastructure Spending: The IMF in August or the IMF in October?
The International Monetary Fund isn’t my least-favorite international bureaucracy. That special honor belongs to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, largely because of its efforts to undermine tax competition and protect the interests of the…