by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
The Nordic nations punch above their weight in global discussions of economic policy. Advocates of bigger government in the United States, such as Bernie Sanders, claim that those countries are proof that socialism can work. But there’s a big problem with that claim....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
By offering all sorts of freebies to various constituencies, Bernie Sanders has positioned himself as the true-believing socialist in the Democratic race (even though he’s actually a member of the “top-1 percent”). But he has plenty of competition. Kamala...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I wrote five years ago about the growing threat of a wealth tax. Some friends at the time told me I was being paranoid. The crowd in Washington, they assured me, would never be foolish enough to impose such a levy, especially when other nations such as Sweden have...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Two years ago, I wrote about how Connecticut morphed from a low-tax state to a high-tax state. The Nutmeg State used to be an economic success story, presumably in large part because there was no state income tax. But then an income tax was imposed almost 30 years ago...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
As reported by the Washington Examiner, Crazy Bernie thinks the American people will be happy to pay more taxes in exchange for more goodies from Washington. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said more taxes would be necessary in order to pay for things like...
