by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m a fiscal policy wonk, so I freely acknowledge that I sometimes look at the world through green-eyeshade-colored lenses. But I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that expanding entitlements, changing demographics, and increasing dependency are the main...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
During the election, Donald Trump promised a big package of infrastructure spending, twice as much new spending as Hillary Clinton was proposing. During his victory speech the night of the election, he doubled down on this approach, promising that more infrastructure...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
Wow. I don’t know what else to say. Almost all the experts said Trump couldn’t win the GOP nomination. Then the expert consensus was that Trump had virtually no chance of winning the White House. Now, for better or worse, he’s going to be America’s next President....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The horrid day is rapidly approaching. Yes, November 8 is when Americans will choose which Tweedledee/Tweedledum fire to jump into after two terms of Barack Obama’s slow-growth frying pan. So let’s try to enjoy some gallows humor in advance Hillary already has been...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
The polls are not looking good for Donald Trump. Indeed, I suspect my most recent prediction for the 2016 race gives him too many states. With time running out, he now faces pressure to come up with some new idea or a new narrative to change the likely outcome. Which...
