by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Regulations
Yesterday, I celebrated Biden’s exit from Washington. We have 50-plus years of evidence showing he is a corrupt, big-government mediocrity. Good riddance. But Biden being bad does not imply Trump being good. Instead, he’s an incoherent mix. Some of his...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
My recent book explains that we are stumbling our way to a fiscal crisis. If there’s any hope of avoiding a disaster, it will probably happen when and if good members of Congress (a vanishing breed) refuse to allow an increase in the debt...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Donald Trump played Santa Claus in his first term, with both tax cuts and big spending increases. Unsurprisingly, he wants to play Santa Claus in his second term as well. But he faces a couple of big challenges. First, as I wrote about two...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Sticking with tradition (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc), it’s time for my annual column summarizing the best and worst things that happened during the year. Let’s start with the good developments. And it should be obvious what will be my first...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
During Trump’s first term, he was a big spender. He even wound up increasing domestic spending at a faster rate than Barack Obama. What can we expect in a second term? A week after the election, as part of my “Second Edition of Trump” series, I speculated...
