by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation, VAT
I’ve written about the fiscal implosion in Europe and warned that America faces the same fate if we don’t reform poorly designed entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. But this new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, narrated by an Italian...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Alan Blinder has a distinguished resume. He’s a professor at Princeton and he served as Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve. So I was interested to see he authored an attack on the flat tax – and I was happy after I read his column. Why? Well, because his arguments...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I recently commented on some astounding numbers showing that each regulatory bureaucrat destroys 100 jobs in the productive sector of the economy. That’s obviously terrible news. Heck, it would be awful if each bureaucrat caused the destruction of 2 private-sector...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Even though the unwashed masses decided that I didn’t win my stimulus debate in New York City, I continue my fight for the hearts and minds of the American people. I’m now taking part in a debate for U.S. News & World Report on “Who Is Handling Its Debt Crisis...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
One of my frustrating missions in life is to educate policy makers on the Laffer Curve. This means teaching folks on the left that tax policy affects incentives to earn and report taxable income. As such, I try to explain, this means it is wrong to assume a simplistic...
