by Dan Mitchell | May 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Uncategorized
The President had another “spread the wealth” slip of the tongue the other day, this time remarking that “at some point you have made enough money.” Some have commented that this exposes Obama’s anti-capitalist ideology, and others have...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
Newt Gingrich writes in the Washington Post to defend his assertion that Obama is a socialist. He cites several examples of the President’s big-government agenda, which are excerpted below. These are all examples of bad policy, to be sure, but other than the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
I have a column in the New York Post explaining that big government is a losing deal for taxpayers in the Empire State. I’m tempted to say they deserve to be over-taxed and over-regulated because they keep electing collectivists like Chuck Schumer, but I grew...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
A great column in the Wall Street Journal explains how FDR’s policies hurt the economy. That is true, but the really interesting part of the column for me is that it explains how Roosevelt (and then Truman) were convinced the economy would return to depression...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2010 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
The overall fiscal burden in the United States may be lower than it is in Europe, but there are some features of the internal revenue code that are far worse than what can be found on the other side of the Atlantic. America has a “worldwide” tax system,...
