by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Featured, Government Spending
As we have seen in nations such as Greece and Argentina, voters sometimes cannot resist the temptation to support profligate politicians – a process that can lead to “goldfish government.” In effect, voters choose fiscal suicide. There’s even a quote,...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2022 | Blogs, Featured, Taxation
Most election watchers are focused on whether Republicans will take control of the House and/or the Senate in today’s midterm election in the United States. That’s an interesting topic, and I’ll close today’s column with my predictions, but I’m going to continue my...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Featured, Government Spending
I don’t spend much time worrying about why the United States has a big budget deficit. I’m much more concerned about the fact that the federal government is too big and that it is spending too much. Moreover, there’s plenty of...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2022 | Blogs, Featured, Taxation
In the case of business taxation, the most visually powerful evidence for the Laffer Curve is what happened to corporate tax revenue in Ireland after the corporate tax rate was slashed from 50 percent to 12.5 percent. Tax revenue increased dramatically....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2022 | Blogs, Europe, Featured
Many people are stunned by the data I shared early last year showing that ordinary people in the United States tend to be much richer than their peers in advanced European nations. Here’s some more evidence, courtesy of the Manhattan Institute’s Chris...
by CF&P | Sep 14, 2022 | Featured, News
Andrew F. Quinlan, R.I.P. We are saddened to report that CF&P’s co-founder and long-time President, Andrew Quinlan, passed away early Monday morning at age 60. A native of Vermont, Andy was Senior Economic Analyst for the Republican National Committee,...
