by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m a big fan of Estonia. According to both the Fraser Institute and the Heritage Foundation, it has considerable economic freedom. It has a low-rate flat tax, meaning that investors, entrepreneurs, and small-business owners aren’t punished for contributing more to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 19, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on February 19, 2016. In 2012 activist hedge fund titan Bill Ackman announced a $1 billion short of Herbalife stock by his fund, Pershing Square Capital Management. Making such shorts public is rare, but even more unusual are...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Here’s an image a reader shared with me and it’s the perfect way to explain why the Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and the rest of the class warriors are wrong. The problem isn’t rich people. It’s looters and moochers, regardless of their income. What makes this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Because I don’t like their plans for a value-added tax, some people seem to think that I am politically opposed to Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. That’s not true. Both Senators are generally strong proponents of free markets and limited government, so the fact that they have...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve written about how statist policies help the rich and hurt the poor. And I’ve also pontificated on the destructive and foolish subsidies dispensed by the execrable Department of Agriculture. Now let’s mix those two issues (though I hasten to add that this isn’t...
