by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2022 | Blogs, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote last month about a tax-and-spend proposal for single-payer healthcare in California (sort of a state version of “Medicare for All“). I also analyzed the scheme in this discussion with Gene Tunny of Australia. What’s remarkable, as Gene mentioned in...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve written many times about how Americans are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states. Now we have even more evidence because the Census Bureau has issued its annual report on state population...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As a matter of sensible public policy (and well as fealty to the Constitution), the federal government should not be involved in transportation. But since I don’t expect the current crowd in Washington has any interest in getting rid of the Department...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
The bad news is that federalism has declined in the United States as politicians in Washington have expanded the size and scope of the national government. The good news is that some federalism still exists and this means Americans have some...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
Today we’re going to mix two things that seem disconnected. Our first topic is federalism, which is the sensible principle that deciding things at the local level, or even state level, is better than being ruled by faraway politicians and a big, centralized...
