by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I explained last week that excessive government spending is responsible for about 97 percent of America’s fiscal deterioration in the 21st century. I followed that column with two post-election pieces that explained how huge tax increases will be...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Uncategorized
As part of a recent discussion at the Adam Smith Institute in London, I explained why advocates of sensible taxation in the U.S. and U.K. need to be serious about controlling government spending. At the risk of stating the obvious, it will be...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I don’t spend much time worrying about why the United States has a big budget deficit. I’m much more concerned about the fact that the federal government is too big and that it is spending too much. Moreover, there’s plenty of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
If Republicans do as well as expected in next Tuesday’s mid-term elections, especially with regard to gubernatorial and state legislative contests, I expect that more states will enact and expand on school choice in 2023. That will be great...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2022 | Blogs, Europe
I was excited about the possibility of pro-growth tax policy during the short-lived reign of Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. However, I’m now pessimistic about the nation’s outlook. Truss was forced to resign...
