by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve previously explained the difference between entitlement spending and discretionary spending. I have also explained that entitlements are the main reason the United States faces a very grim fiscal future. And...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2022 | Blogs, States
Ideally, the federal government should be limited to the functions specified by the Founders in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution. If we are to have any hope of getting back to that system, it may require two practical steps. If Washington is...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like any practical libertarian, I prefer decentralization (Switzerland is a great role model). My default view is that it is better for things such as roads and schools to be handled at the local level. But I’m also an impractical libertarian. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
I’ve already shared a “Tweet of the Year” for 2022, as well the “Most Enjoyable Tweet” of the year. I’m going to call this the “Most Obvious Revelation Tweet” since it reaches a should-have-been-immediately-clear conclusion that the Department of Education is a net...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Largely because of my support for jurisdictional competition, I’m a big fan of federalism. Simply stated, our liberties are better protected when there’s decentralization since politicians are less like to over-tax and over-spend when they know potential victims of...
