by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Regulations
When the current health crisis heated up, I wrote a column on “Government, Coronavirus, and Libertarianism” and made four simple points. Libertarians believe government should protect life, liberty, and property Libertarians correctly warn that a big sprawling federal...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
The most obvious threat to free enterprise is Bernie Sanders, though other prominent leftists are giving “Crazy Bernie” plenty of competition. But I sometimes wonder whether the more tangible threat to capitalism comes from self-described conservatives who say they...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Assuming he was able to impose his policy agenda, I think Bernie Sanders – at best – would turn America into Greece. In more pessimistic moments, I fear he would turn the U.S. into Venezuela. The Vermont Senator and his supporters say that’s wrong and that the real...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Is Greece the international version of New Jersey or is New Jersey the American version of Greece? Is New Jersey the national version of Chicago, or is Chicago the the local version of New Jersey? The answer is yes, regardless of how the question is phrased because –...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
About 10 years ago, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this video to explain that America’s real fiscal problem is too much spending and that red ink is best viewed as a symptom of that problem. I wrote a primer on this issue two years ago, but I want to...
