by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I don’t know if this commercial was broadcast nationally, but I saw it in northern Virginia. A very smart, anti-politician message. The worst commercial (this is a no-brainer) was from Chrysler. Not because the advertising was bad, but because the company is mooching...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation
Grousing about the GOP’s timidity in the battle against big government will probably become an ongoing theme over the next few months, and let’s start with two items that don’t bode well for fiscal discipline. First, it appears that Republicans didn’t really mean it...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Oregon Ducks will compete for the national championship early next month, so they’ve had a good season. Unfortunately, Oregon’s government isn’t doing nearly so well. Politicians approved a big tax hike on those bad, evil rich people in 2009, and Oregon’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I debated a couple of pro-tax increase folks on the Diane Rehm show Monday. If you have a spare 51 minutes and want to hear me spar with Alice Rivlin and David Walker on National Public Radio, you can listen to the discussion by clicking this link. Feedback actually...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
In his latest Bloomberg column, Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute notes that research from places such as Harvard and the International Monetary Fund confirms that spending restraint is the way to successfully reduce red ink – and it’s also the way to...
