by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Last week, I applauded the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees for proposing budgets that complied with my Golden Rule, which means the burden of government would grow slower than the private sector. But my praise was limited because neither budget is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
With tax day fast approaching, it’s time to write about our good friends at the Internal Revenue Service. One of the new traditions at the IRS is an annual release of tax scams. It’s know as the “dirty dozen” list, and while it may exist mostly as a publicity stunt,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2015 | Blogs, Energy, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a Paris-based international bureaucracy with the self-proclaimed mission to “promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.” But if there was a...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation, VAT
Even though I fret about a growing burden of government and have little faith in the ability (or desire) of politicians to make wise decisions, I somehow convince myself that good things will happen. Here’s some of what I wrote two years ago, when asked whether I...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I don’t know which group is more despicable, Greek politicians or the voters who elected them. In both cases, they think they’re entitled to other people’s money. But since the “other people” in this case happen to live in nations such as Germany and Finland, and...
