by Dan Mitchell | Apr 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
Notwithstanding the title of this post, I’m not going to make an ultra-libertarian argument that all taxation is theft. Instead, today’s topic is about a more specialized version of theft by government, which technically is called civil asset forfeiture but more...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
A nation’s prosperity is determined by the quantity and quality of labor and capital that are productively utilized. Which means that it doesn’t make sense to have policies that penalize either saving and investment or working. Yet that seems to be the favorite hobby...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
It must be fun to be a leftist. You get to spend other people’s money. But that’s just for starters. Using the power of majoritarianism, you also get to tell the rest of the country what to do, how to behave, and even what to eat. Best of all, you can be a complete...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2015 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
I’m a huge fan of a simple and fair flat tax. Simply stated, if we’re going to have some sort of broad-based tax, it makes sense to collect revenue in the least-damaging fashion possible. And a flat tax achieves that goal by adhering to the principles of good tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2015 | Blogs
I have a Bureaucrat Hall of Fame to recognize government workers who have demonstrated special skills in ripping off taxpayers. And I’ve created a Moocher Hall of Fame to highlight deadbeats and scroungers who best illustrate the entitlement mentality. But maybe it’s...
