by Dan Mitchell | Oct 18, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Obamacare was put together by people who don’t understand economics. This is probably the understatement of the year since I could be referring to many features of the bad law. The higher tax burden on saving and investment, making an anti-growth tax system even...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
If there was a special award for chutzpah, the easy winner would be the bureaucrats at the International Monetary Fund. These pampered bureaucrats get lavishly compensated and don’t have to pay tax on their bloated salaries. You would think this would make them a bit...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
My goal in life is very simple. I want to promote freedom and prosperity by limiting the size and scope of government. That seems like a foolish and impossible mission, perhaps best suited for Don Quixote. After all, what hope is there of overcoming the politicians,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2013 | Blogs, Economics
It appears that the government shutdown, which technically is a battle over annual appropriations legislation for so-called discretionary spending, is going to drag on for a while. The Obama Administration has shown zero willingness to negotiate, even though...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I’m testifying tomorrow to the Joint Economic Committee about “The Economic Costs of Debt-Ceiling Brinkmanship.” I won’t give away what I’m going to say (though you can probably figure out my views rather easily by reading this, this and this), but I do want to share...
