by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Free Market, Taxation
President Obama is proposing a series of major tax increases. His budget envisions higher tax rates on personal income, increased double taxation of dividends and capital gains, and a big increase in the death tax. And his health care plan includes significant tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market, Taxation
In addition to being in favor of more spending, increased regulation, bailouts, and protectionism, President Bush also saddled the economy with a big minimum wage increase. A new study shows that this pernicious policy has destroyed more than 500,000 part-time jobs....
by CF&P | Mar 8, 2010 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, March 8, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Outlines the Lessons Learned From Sweden’s Experiment with Socialism (Washington,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2010 | Blogs, Competition, Free Market
For those of you who saw this segment of Wednesday’s show on CNBC, my co-host got quite agitated when I said I did not want America to have a substandard government-dictated healthcare system. Simon expressed doubt about my assertions, so it’s rather...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market
The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (akin to a state governor in the U.S.) defended his decision to get surgery in America with the statement that it was “my heart, my choice, and my health.” This is an admirably libertarian statement, and the...
