He should have learned when a previous class-warfare tax hike backfired.

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.
Comparing Taxation in Sweden and the United States
The United States is an outlier.
Norway’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy is Backfiring
Rich people are not sheep.
More Good Results from Argentina
Argentina desperately needs big reductions in the size and scope of government.
Leftist Governments (and the IMF) Pushing Global Wealth Tax
What the world’s greediest governments are up to.
Trump and the Flat Tax?
Politicians will be forced to choose.
Dumbest Tax Loophole, or Most Self-Serving Loophole?
This is a strange new loophole.
Everything You Need to Know About America’s Decaying Fiscal Status
This added spending burden is the main reason America is in fiscal trouble.
The United States vs. Europe
These are dramatic differences.
The Drift to Statism in the Western World
There’s been a decline in liberty.










