by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve periodically warned the European nations such as France, Italy, Greece, and Spain almost surely are doomed to suffer a fiscal crisis. This is because governments in Europe didn’t respond to the 2010 crisis by actually...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
After the people of the United Kingdom voted to escape the European Union, I wondered whether the Conservative Party would “find a new Margaret Thatcher” to enact pro-market reforms and thus “take advantage of a golden opportunity” to “prosper in a post-Brexit...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
President Biden’s fiscal agenda of higher taxes and bigger government is not a recipe for prosperity. How much will it hurt the economy? Last month, I shared the results of a new study I wrote with Robert O’Quinn for the Club for Growth...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Having been in Washington for close to 40 years, I’ve seen lots of budget dishonesty, but nothing compares to Joe Biden’s claim that his profligate budget proposals have zero cost. According to the official numbers, that’s a $3.5 trillion lie....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
When asked to list the worst presidents of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon belong on the list. But this Reason video with Amity Shlaes shows why Lyndon Johnson also is among the worst of the worst. You should...