by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Former Senator Phil Gramm had a column last week in the Wall Street Journal that deserves two blog posts. This first post highlights Gramm’s analysis showing that the U.S. has been very Keynesian compared to Europe, with numerous efforts to jump start the economy with...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Our fiscal policy goal should be smaller government, but here’s a video for folks who think that balancing the budget should be the main objective. The main message is that restraining the growth of government is the right way to get rid of red ink, so there is no...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Eli Lehrer has an article on the FrumForum entitled “Five Revenue Raisers the GOP Should Back.” He argues it would be good to get rid of preferences such as the state and local tax deduction and the mortgage interest deduction, and he also asserts that there should be...
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 CF&P | Sep 15, 2009 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 15, 2009 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Empirical Evidence Confirms that Excessive Government Spending Undermines Economic Performance (Washington, D.C., Tuesday,...
