by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
How many times can you say the same thing over and over and over again? When it comes to the minimum wage, we may never know the answer. No matter how often new research is produced showing that low-skilled workers are hurt when politicians cut off the bottom rungs of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 14, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m proud to be American in part because of the cantankerous view that my fellow citizens have about government. A good example is the guy who knocked over a D.C. revenue camera. Or the entire state of Arizona for ignoring notices generated by revenue cameras....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There were several good features of the 2017 tax bill, including limitations on the state and local tax deduction. But the 21 percent corporate tax rate was the unquestioned crown jewel of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The U.S. system had become extremely...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
When I give speeches on the importance of public policy, I frequently share data showing that pro-market nations are relatively prosperous when compared to countries with statist policies. One of the most dramatic examples is South Korean prosperity versus North...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Bernie Sanders is yesterday’s news. Yes, he’s still lovable ol’ Crazy Bernie, but he’s now being overshadowed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, another out-of-the-closet socialist who somehow thinks America should be more like Greece or Venezuela. Brian Riedl...
