by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Let’s look at three very important things that may happen this year and what they might mean. 1. Will the Republican Senate support genuine entitlement reform? One of the best things to happen in recent years is that House Republicans embraced genuine entitlement...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
The United States is burdened with some very bad policies that hinder growth and undermine competitiveness. But sometimes you can win a race if your rivals have policies that are even more self-destructive. And that’s a good description of why the U.S. economy is...
by CF&P | Oct 17, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News Global Tax Hikers at WHO Ban Public, Media From Meetings There’s something fishy at the WHO. NTU’s Douglas Kellogg reports on the organization’s shenanigans as it tries to impose global tobacco...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Europe is in deep trouble. That’s an oversimplification, of course, since there are a handful of nations that seem to be moving in the right direction (or at least not moving rapidly in the wrong direction). But notwithstanding those exceptions, Europe in general...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of Obamanomics. I don’t like the President’s class-warfare mentality on taxes. I don’t like his support for Keynesian spending policy. And I don’t like his costly expansions of government such as Obamacare. Indeed, I even like mocking his reflexive...