by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Yesterday’s column about “the tax nightmare before Christmas” was based on my fear that politicians will try to impose a value-added tax at some point in the not-too-distant future. Today’s column is about the spending nightmare that is already happening. The bottom...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
One of my specialty pages deals with the unfortunate nexus between sex and government. You can find columns about taxes and sex, Obamacare and sex, and licensing and sex. My new addition to that collection involves the venal government of Venezuela. Here’s a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Using comparative bar charts, I’ve analyzed the economic policies of Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon. My basic conclusion was that economic policy moved in the right direction under Reagan and Clinton and moved...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 22, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a fan of what is sometimes called the “European Project.” Yes, one of the original goals – free trade between European nations – was admirable and has generated significant benefits. But what started as a positive idea has morphed into a Brussels-based...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
The Great Depression was an unimaginably miserable period in American history. Income fell, unemployment rose, and misery was pervasive. But there was still room for political satire in the 1930s. Here’s a cartoon that I shared back in 2012. Based on the notations in...
