by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
Augmented by some amusing cartoons, I’ve already warned that the hysteria about the fiscal cliff is basically a ploy by the politicians to extract more revenue to finance bigger government. Elaborating on this concern, I wrote a column for today’s New York Daily News....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
You have to give President Obama credit for chutzpah. He pushed through a faux stimulus in his first year and Obamacare in his second year, both of which significantly increased the burden of government spending. In the past two years, he’s basically punted, proposing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
I never thought I’d be quoting Chuck Norris about Obama’s tax policy, but he has a nice rant that includes a collection of the President’s more offensive statements. Sort of akin to the list I put together in this post (which also includes some preposterous statements...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
Obama has repeated once again that he will throw the nation off the fiscal cliff if Republicans don’t capitulate to his demands for class-warfare tax hikes. This is a serious topic worthy of weighty analysis, but I don’t really have anything to add to what I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
President Obama supports higher taxes, but he usually claims he only wants higher tax rates on evil rich people as part of his class-warfare agenda. Heck, he promised back in 2008 that, “no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not...
