by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2014, I shared a report that looked at the growth of redistribution spending in developed nations. That bad news in the story was that the welfare state was expanding at a rapid pace in the United States. The good news is that the overall fiscal burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Whenever I discuss education policy with one of my leftist friends, it usually follows the same script. They’ll ask whether I want good education for kids. I’ll say yes. They’ll then say we should devote more money to government schools. I then show them this powerful...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Both the House and Senate have approved reasonably good tax reform plans. Lawmakers are now in a “conference committee” to iron out the differences between the two bills so that a consensus package can be a approved and sent to the White House for the President’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 9, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It’s time for the final installment of my series commemorating the evil impact of 100 years of communism. We started at the end of October by looking at the 100 million victims of communist butchery. On November 5, we looked at the moral blindness of communist...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I wrote yesterday about “the world’s demographic problem,” citing a new study about the fiscal implications of aging populations. The report was produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is not my favorite international...
