Flood insurance lets rich people shift costs on to the rest of us.

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.
What Nation Has the Best Social Security/Pension System?
The US doesn’t fare well.
More Evidence for the “Washington Consensus”
Pro-market reforms produce dividends
EFW 2024: Continuing Deterioration in Global Economic Liberty
Good things happen when people “make their own economic choices.”
EFW 2024: La libertad económica mundial sigue deteriorándose
Suceden cosas buenas cuando las personas toman sus propias decisiones económicas.
America’s Best and Worst Governors
Last place is interesting!
Defending (One Version of) Class Warfare
Maybe there’s one area we should copy Europe?
The IRS Should Not Tax Overseas Americans
The system is a compliance nightmare.
Don’t Copy Europe…and Definitely Don’t Copy China
Some people argue that the United States should be more like Europe, or they seem to think the Chinese economic model is superior.
Obamacare: Still a Failure
Who was right, supporters or critics?








