by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
People sometimes ask me how I’ve managed to write a column every single day since November 2009. Sadly, the answer has a lot to do with politicians having a vote-buying and power-grabbing incentive to produce a never-ending supply of bad policies. Consider what just...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I often write about the failure of government. The federal government launched a multi-trillion dollar War on Poverty and the poverty rate, which had been consistently falling, now is stuck around 13 percent. Governments at all levels have pumped ever-increasing...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
There’s a problem in California. No, I’m not referring to the punitive tax laws. Nor am I talking about the massive unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pension. Those are big problems, to be sure, but today’s topic is the state’s government-created housing crisis. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Both the House and Senate have approved reasonably good tax reform plans. Lawmakers are now in a “conference committee” to iron out the differences between the two bills so that a consensus package can be a approved and sent to the White House for the President’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
It’s not easy being a libertarian in the policy world of Washington. I view the flat tax as a timid intermediate step, with the real goal being a tiny federal government (like the Founding Fathers envisioned) that can be financed without any broad-based tax. Yet even...
