by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As usual (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc), let’s start the year by listing three things I’m hoping for and three things I worry may happen. Let’s start with the potential good news. Here are the three things that plausibly could...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Spending caps are the only fiscal rule with a good track record. I’ve repeatedly written about Switzerland’s spending cap, known as the “debt brake,” which has limited annual spending growth to an average of just 2.2 percent over the past two decades....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When making the case for spending caps, the best domestic example is Colorado and the best international example is Switzerland. What makes the Swiss example especially persuasive is a comparison over the past 20 years between...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2023 | Blogs
Fixing entitlement programs is the the most pressing fiscal need in Washington. In a discussion with the Club for Growth Foundation, I explain that we also need federalism – i.e., shifting programs to the state and local level. At the risk of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
My trip to Argentina last year motivated me to write Part I of this series, which focused on whether things might get better in that tragic country for the simple reason that they couldn’t possibly get any worse. In Part II of...
