by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2016 | Blogs
Over the years, Barack Obama has made some statements that indicate a very statist worldview. In my video on class warfare, I noted that Obama said in 2008 that – for reasons of “fairness” – he wanted to raise the capital gains tax even if the government lost revenue....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2016 | Blogs
I’m in Cambodia, where I just finished a series of speeches to civic groups on some of my usual topics, in this case tax policy, the recipe for growth, and libertarian principles. All that was par for the course. What will always stay with me and haunt my thoughts, by...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Whenever I need to explain the difference between socialism and capitalism, I start by noting that socialism technically is different from Obama-style big-government redistributionism and cronyism. Socialism involves something more pervasive, involving government...
by Dan Mitchell | May 10, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Civil disobedience is a powerful and traditional way for Americans to resist bad government policy. The most famous example is the way civil rights leaders used disobedience(and armed self defense) to help end the Jim Crow laws imposed by state governments. It’s also...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Society
Is Obama a socialist? If you’re asking whether he’s a big-spending interventionist, the answer is yes. But if you’re asking whether the President believes in government ownership of the means of production (which is the defining issue in the socialist economic...
