by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The Congressional Budget Office just released it’s annual Budget and Economic Outlook, and that means I’m going to do something that I first did in 2010 and most recently did last year. I’m going to show that it’s actually rather simple to balance the budget...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I don’t believe in using dodgy numbers or nonsensical analysis – even if that would help my side in a policy debate. And it goes without saying that I also don’t like when the other side is dishonest. But I’m not talking about my...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 24, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I don’t care about the current shutdown battle, but I still feel compelled to add my two cents when people make silly arguments about the economy suffering because government is temporarily spending less money. This is actually a two-part debate. From a microeconomic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
If nothing else, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives me a lot to write about…and to laugh about. I recently pontificated about her crazy idea to impose a top tax rate of 70 percent, which would reverse the very successful experiment we had in the 1980s (and presumably have...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Trade
One of my annual traditions is to share the “best and worst news” for each year. I started in 2013, and continued in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Looking back, 2016 clearly was the best year, though entirely because of things that happened overseas (the Brits vote for...
