by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Several months ago, I put forth a two-question challenge for our left-wing friends. Since they relentlessly insist that we can have bigger government, higher taxes, more regulation, and added intervention without any negative impact on economic performance, I asked...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2015 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
There’s a big fiscal battle happening in Europe. The relatively new Greek government is demanding continued handouts from the rest of Europe, but it wants to renege on at least some of the country’s prior commitments to improve economic performance by reducing the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last September, I wrote that America’s business tax system is a nightmare that simultaneously undermines the competitiveness of American companies while also causing lots of irritation in other nations. Both of those bad things happen because politicians in Washington...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve written several times about the importance of appointing sensible people to head the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT). Heck, making reforms to these Capitol Hill bureaucracies is a basic competency test for Republicans....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Last week, I shared a TV interview about Obama’s budget, but much of the discussion was routine and didn’t warrant special attention. But there was one small part of the interview, dealing with the silly claim that America became a rich nation because of socialism,...
