by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
Some types of theft are legal in America. But there’s a catch. You can only legally steal if you work for the government. It’s a process called “civil asset forfeiture” and it enables government officials to confiscate your property even if you have not been convicted...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It’s time to make a very serious point, albeit with a bit of humor and sarcasm. A couple of years ago, I shared an image of Libertarian Jesus to make the point that it’s absurd to equate compassion and virtue with government-coerced redistribution. We all can agree –...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
I’m flabbergasted when people assert that America’s costly and inefficient healthcare system is proof that free markets don’t work. In hopes of helping them understand what’s really going on, I try to explain to them that an unfettered market involves consumers and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The annual budget for our bloated and sclerotic federal government consumes about $4 trillion of America’s economic output, yet President Trump so far has not proposed to reduce that overall spending burden by even one penny. A few programs are targeted for cuts, to...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
Why would the economy grow faster if we got fundamental reform such as the flat tax? In part, because there would be one low tax rate instead of the discriminatory and punitive “progressive” system that exists today. As such, the penalty on productive behavior would...
