by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination are competing to offer the most statist agenda, with Crazy Bernie, Elizabeth Sanders, and Kamala Harris being obvious examples. But let’s not overlook Mayor Pete Buttigieg. He has a moderate demeanor, but he’s been...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Proponents of bigger government sometimes make jaw-dropping statements. I even have collections of bizarre assertions by both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. What’s especially shocking is when statists twist language, such as when they claim all income is the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
As reported by the Washington Examiner, Crazy Bernie thinks the American people will be happy to pay more taxes in exchange for more goodies from Washington. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said more taxes would be necessary in order to pay for things like...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2019 | Blogs
I wrote yesterday about the debate among leftists, which is partly a contest between Bernie Sanders-style socialists and Elizabeth Warren-style corporatists. Now let’s look at the debate on the right. There’s an ongoing argument over what it means to be conservative,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
When writing about Bernie Sanders back in 2016, I put together a flowchart to identify different strains of statism. In part, I wanted to show that genuine socialists, with their advocacy of government ownership, central planning, and price controls, aren’t really the...
