by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I gave a speech last night at the University of Texas Arlington on the topic of “Is America turning into Greece? How the growth of government and debt risk creating a dismal future for young Americans.” Not a very succinct title, I realize, but I wanted to warn...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve responded to all sorts of arguments against lower taxes. Tax cuts are “unfair” because rich people will benefit. Tax cuts are wrong because revenue should be going up, not down. Tax cuts are pointless because the economy won’t grow faster. Tax cuts are misguided...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Illinois is a mess. Taxes and spending already are too high, and huge unfunded liabilities point to an even darker future. Simply stated, politicians and government employee unions have created an unholy alliance to extract as much money as possible from the state’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I sometimes feel like a broken record about entitlement programs. How many times, after all, can I point out that America is on a path to become a decrepit European-style welfare state because of a combination of demographic changes and poorly designed entitlement...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
A couple of days ago, I wrote about Clemens Schneider’s hypothesis, presented at the European Students for Liberty regional conference in Maastricht, that 1356 was a very important year in European history because of two events that promoted decentralization and...
