by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on November 16, 2015. The U.S. Postal Service has lost money every year since 2007, and its financial finances aren’t likely to improve any time soon. Thanks to declining mail volume due to greater reliance on email and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
During last night’s Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders said he would not raise tax rates as high as they were in the 1950s. And if Twitter data is accurate, his comment about being “not that much of a socialist compared to [President] Eisenhower” was one of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I’ve already commented several times on the good and bad features of the Nordic Model, largely to correct the false narrative being advanced by Bernie Sanders (though I was writing on this issue well before the Vermont Senator decided to run for Chief Commissar...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Welfare and Entitlements
I periodically make comparisons of the United States and Europe that are not very flattering for our cousins across the Atlantic. Though this isn’t because of any animus toward Europe. Indeed, I always enjoy my visits. And some of America’s best (albeit eroding)...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2015 | Blogs, Free Market
While his policy ideas are horrifying, Bernie Sanders’ campaign is the source of some amusement. He claims to represent a different vision, but his voting record according to the National Taxpayers Union is virtually identical to the ratings received by Barack Obama...
