by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2017 | Blogs
Trump has been President for more than 200 days and those of us who want more economic liberty don’t have many reasons to be happy. Obamacare hasn’t been repealed, the tax code hasn’t been reformed, and wasteful spending hasn’t been cut. The only glimmer of hope is...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian, Supply Side, Taxation
To be blunt, Republicans are heading in the wrong direction on fiscal policy. They have full control of the executive and legislative branches, but instead of using their power to promote Reaganomics, it looks like we’re getting a reincarnation of the big-government...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
There are some charming traditions, like the swallows returning every year to the Mission of San Juan Capistrano. But other traditions are far less impressive, most notably the make-believe hysteria that occurs every time the federal government approaches its “debt...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2017 | Blogs, Health Care
In the eight years of writing this column, I’ve periodically confessed to certain fantasies. But you’ll notice that these fantasies don’t involve supermodels from Victoria’s Secret (though they did make a cameo appearance in one column). Instead, either because I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
In a recent interview on the new Trump budget, I hit on some of my usual topics such as growth, real-world fiscal numbers, tax reform, fake budget cuts, entitlement reform, and my Golden Rule. But I want to call attention to the part of the discussion that started a...
