by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Health Care, Uncategorized
During the Cold War era, there was something known as the Brezhnev Doctrine, which was the notion that once a nation was taken over by communists, there was no going back. A similiar principle takes place in the battle between statism and freedom in America. The left...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
A former colleague from my days at the Heritage Foundation, Robert Rector, has a very disturbing article at National Review Online. Robert explains that the Obama Administration is putting together a new – and rigged – definition of poverty that has...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 12, 2010 | Blogs, Competition, Free Market, Health Care
As usual, Tom Sowell uses basic economics to explain a confusing topic. His core insight is that government has undermined market forces, which is leading to rising costs. Obama and the other statists somehow think more government will make things better:...
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....
