Would You Trade Higher Taxes for Much Lower Spending and Less Red Tape?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

I hate taxes more than anyone, but other policies matter as well, so if I had the choice of replacing current government policies with the ones that existed at the end of the Clinton years, I would gladly make that trade. Yes, it would mean higher tax rates, but it...

Here’s How to Balance the Budget

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation

Our fiscal policy goal should be smaller government, but here’s a video for folks who think that balancing the budget should be the main objective. The main message is that restraining the growth of government is the right way to get rid of red ink, so there is no...

There Is No Libertarian or Conservative Argument for Higher Taxes

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

Eli Lehrer has an article on the FrumForum entitled “Five Revenue Raisers the GOP Should Back.” He argues it would be good to get rid of preferences such as the state and local tax deduction and the mortgage interest deduction, and he also asserts that there should be...

Talking Taxes on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation

I’m not a big fan of multi-guest panels, but I think this interview went well.

Why Are We Paying $100 Million to International Bureaucrats in Paris so They Can Endorse Obama’s Statist Agenda?

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation, VAT

There’s a wise old saying about “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” But perhaps we need a new saying along the lines of “don’t subsidize the foot that kicks you.” Here’s a good example: American taxpayers finance the biggest share of the budget for the Organization...