by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
The Social Security Administration has released the yearly forecast of the program’s long-run finances. Per tradition (see 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, etc), that means it is time for my annual explanation of why we have a grim...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
France is a role model, but not in a good way. It is a stark example of the dangers of excessive government spending. To elaborate, it has the largest fiscal burden of any first-world nation, which necessitates an oppressive tax regime....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
One month ago, I explained that the United Kingdom was suffering economic and fiscal deterioration because of a rising burden of government spending. And when a greater share of economic output is diverted to the government, that means slower growth (even...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
A major theme of my daily columns is that economic freedom is a universal recipe for faster growth and better economic performance. But the flip side is that statist policies inevitably lead to less prosperity. And these statements are true...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote back in 2016 that the health care exclusion was the worst loophole in America’s monstrosity of a tax code. Today’s column will explain why that is still true and we’ll begin with this short explainer video from the folks at Kite &...
