by Dan Mitchell | Jan 14, 2012 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Along with many others, I complained a couple of days ago that Mercedes-Benz was morally bankrupt for using the image of a notorious racist, communist, and murderer as part of a marketing gimmick. Well, the company has backed down. We won. It’s only symbolic, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve previously posted about the communist government of Cuba cutting taxes and the CEO of Coca-Cola saying that communist China has a more business-friendly climate than the United States. Having grown up during the Cold War, I still have a hard time believing my...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not serious , of course, but it is rather ironic that Raul Castro is cutting the tax burden on small business at the same time that Obama is pushing for higher tax rates on small business. Reuters reports on the latest in supply-side communism. Cuba unveiled on...
by Brian Garst | Sep 11, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
It seems that reports of Castro’s conversion were premature. While American politicians are learning from Castro how to tank an economy with reckless government intervention (not that there’s any other kind), Castro has apparently learned from our pols how to walk...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
Here’s a story for the better-late-than-never file. Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro confessed that communism doesn’t work and that his nation’s economic system should not be emulated. Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic...
