The Steroid-Pumped Version of “Taxes Are for the Little People”

by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation

I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote bad policy such as higher tax rates. The International Monetary Fund is urging higher tax rates and pushing for nations to replace flat tax systems with so-called progressive...

Is Warren Buffett’s Support for Higher Taxes a Way of Paying Back Politicians for Big-Government Policies that Line His Pockets?

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation

President Obama, echoed by the establishment media, routinely trumpets Warren Buffett’s support for higher taxes. If this rich guy is willing to pay more, the story goes, then surely the rest of us peasants should just roll over and acquiesce to the President’s...

President Obama the Budget Cutter?!?

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

After saddling the nation with trillion-dollar boondoggles like the faux stimulus and Obamacare, I’m not sure it’s possible for Obama to reinvent himself as a budget cutter before the election. But I welcome converts, even ones that are insincere, so I’m happy he’s at...

Rich Statists Exposed as Complete Hypocrites

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation

I’ve written before about how some leftists have a masochistic desire to pay higher taxes. I’ve also exposed Warren Buffett’s dishonest math, which is part of his campaign for bigger government. And I’ve even debated rich statists on TV, telling them not to make the...

Is Ireland’s Michael Higgins an Economic Illiterate or a Cynical Hack

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market

I’ve always been proud of my Irish heritage, but now I’m having to reconsider. As is so often the case when something goes awry, the blame belongs to a politician (this Craig Ferguson joke is right on the mark). Michael Higgins, the President-Elect of Ireland, has...