by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Copying some self-styled national conservatives, Donald Trump this week endorsed major tax increases on lower-income and middle-class Americans. But he embraced huge tax increases in an indirect fashion. He did not say “let’s adopt money-siphoning value-added taxes”...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It is an understatement to declare that fiscal policy in France is terrible. The highest burden of government spending in Europe.The third-highest level of pension spending in the OECD.One of the biggest long-run fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Two days ago, I dug into the C-Span archives to share a 15-year old clip of me explaining the theoretical virtues of a national sales tax. Let’s now go back more than 30 years for this segment from a 1990 interview. So why am I sharing my thoughts on Washington’s use...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
I have a seven-part series (here, here, here, here, here, here and here) comparing Texas and California, mostly to demonstrate that the not-so-Golden State has hurt itself with excessive taxation and a bloated government....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
When I write about fiscal policy, there are two ever-present themes. Bad tax policy reduces growth and competitiveness, driving away jobs, people, and investment.Bad spending policy occurs when budgets grow faster than the economy’s...
