The bureaucrats at the IMF apparently want readers to believe that higher taxes and more spending are a route to prosperity.
Daily Analysis
A Simple Spending Cap Will Avert America’s Fiscal Crisis
Some fiscal experts fret that deficits and debt are increasing, but the real problem is that the spending burden is rising faster than the tax burden.
A New Member for the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame
It’s bad enough this DC cop was caught double dipping, but the reason why makes it even worse.
Government vs. Poor People
It is hardly a revelation that bigger government causes problems, but it is particularly discouraging when such policies victimize the least fortunate members of society.
New York vs. Florida, Round #5
Florida has superior economic policies and superior economic results.
Joe Biden Supports Massive Tax Increases on Middle-Class Americans
Biden has proposed two additional policies to expand the size and scope of the federal government.
The Adverse Economic Consequences of Busting Social Security’s Wage Base Cap
Instead of applying the 12.4 percent Social Security payroll tax on the first $162,000 of income, some politicians want to impose the tax on all income.
A Prosperity Contest Between the U.S. and Europe
Americans are richer than Europeans, no matter how the data is sliced. And the U.S. advantage almost surely is the result of having more economic freedom and smaller government.
Donald Trump Supports Massive Tax Increases on Middle-Class Americans, Part II
Tax increases are the unavoidable outcome of Trump’s opposition to entitlement reform.
Assessing North Carolina’s Fiscal Policy
North Carolina has gone from one of the worst to one of the best states on fiscal policy. But not everyone is happy about what’s happened in the Tarheel State.