by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
For those who read these columns on my website, you presumably have noticed that I have a rotating banner at the top of the page. One of the options is a quote from Milton Friedman about the blundering inefficiency of Washington. Though I believe in fairness. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Based on research from the Congressional Budget Office, I’ve shared estimates of the potential economic damage from the fiscal plan Joe Biden unveiled last year. But now he has a new budget. So what if we simply focus on the tax portion of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As part of my recent appearance on The Square Circle (we discussed Uvalde police, gun control, and Ukraine), I said that the new Social Security numbers were the under-reported story of the week. For more details, I was referring to the latest Trustees Report,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The 21st century has been bad news for America’s taxpayers. Every president (George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden) has been a big spender. We obviously can’t give Biden a final grade since he has at least two more years in...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Here are some of America’s main economic problems. Painful inflation caused by bad monetary policy by the government.Excessive spending and debt caused by bad fiscal policy by the government.Rising prices and waste caused by bad health...