by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I explained during a recent speech in Poland that I get very upset when big companies support policies that disproportionately harm small businesses. By the way, I have no objection to big companies simply because they are big. Or merely because they...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
What do Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common? Speaking earlier this year to the Mackinac Center in Michigan, I warned they both implicitly favor massive tax increases on ordinary households. If you don’t want to spend two minutes watching the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I have been very pessimistic in recent years about the United Kingdom. Now, having just finished giving speeches in Bristol and London, I’m even more pessimistic. The core problem is that the burden of government spending has expanded dramatically in recent...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I have repeatedly pointed out that opponents of entitlement reform support big tax increases. And, as I explain in this segment from a recent presentation, they specifically support tax increases on lower-income and middle-class households. Why do I assert that they...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The big fiscal fight in Washington is whether the United States should become a European-style welfare state. In part, this is automatically happening because of demographic change and poorly designed entitlement programs. But there’s...
