by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Back in 2010, I wrote a post entitled “What’s the Ideal Point on the Laffer Curve?“ Except I didn’t answer my own question. I simply pointed out that revenue maximization was not the ideal outcome. I explained that policy makers instead should seek to maximize...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Check out some of the ridiculous details about the woman who has earned the title of California’s Golden Bureaucrat. Alameda County supervisors have really taken to heart the adage that government should run like a business — rewarding County Administrator Susan...
by Brian Garst | Mar 28, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in PolicyMic on March 28, 2013. Another country has dug itself into a hole, and with a banking crisis on its hands tiny Cyprus finds itself garnering out-sized attention. Here are two key lessons for the United States and the rest of the world....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
In recent months, people have asked me why I’m acting all giddy and optimistic. Am I hooked on cocaine? Have I fallen in love? Did I inherit several million dollars? These questions started after I said the fiscal cliff was a smaller loss than I expected. Then people...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Taxpayers all across America send lots of money to Washington, DC, in part because we’re supposed to believe that redistribution is a legitimate and desirable function of the federal government. But this is a very perverse form of redistribution. All that money going...
