by Dan Mitchell | May 10, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The establishment fervently believes that more money should come to Washington so that politicians have greater ability to buy votes. That’s why statists from both parties are so viscerally hostile to Grover Norquist’s no-tax-hike pledge. They view it as an obstacle...
by Dan Mitchell | May 9, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States, Taxation
More than three years ago, I wrote that the Department of Transportation should be dismantled for the simple reason that we’ll get better roads at lower cost with the federalist approach of returning responsibility to state and local governments. I echoed those...
by Dan Mitchell | May 8, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The Census Bureau just released a report on America’s aging population. The big takeaway is that our population will be getting much older between now and 2050. And since I’m a baby boomer, I very much like the fact that we’re expected to live longer. But as a public...
by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Allister Heath, the superb economic writer from London, recently warned that governments are undermining incentives to save. And not just because of high tax rates and double taxation of savings. Allister says people are worried about outright confiscation resulting...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Perhaps there is an occasional exception, but when someone in a public policy debate mentions a “race to the bottom,” they always seem to favor bigger government and punitive taxation. Here are a few examples: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,...
