Bad spending policy has led to bad tax policy.
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.
The World Economic Forum and its Davos Conference
The rich and powerful often are more interested in preserving their wealth than they are in policies that enable the creation of new wealth.
The Case for Entitlement Reform, Part II
We face an unavoidable choice.
Why Is Someone at AEI Proposing a Massive Tax Increase to Finance Ever-Growing Government, Part II?
Why does anyone think copying bad policies of other countries is a good idea.
Why Is Someone at AEI Proposing a Massive Tax Increase to Finance Ever-Growing Government, Part I?
They want to prop up a system that needs reform by double taxing savings.
The World’s Best Leader
It will not be easy to restore economic liberty
CFPB Price Controls Will Backfire
Government policies often have indirect effects.
Being Libertarian, Part II
Libertarianism is a philosophy that is both intellectually consistent and morally defensible.
How Was the Budget Balanced in the Late 1990s?
There was spending restraint under both Reagan and Clinton.
The Right and Wrong Way to Reduce Poverty, Part II
The government penalizes productive behavior.