by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage
In another display of selfless masochism, I watched the Trump–Biden debate last night. The candidates behaved better, for whatever that’s worth, but I was disappointed that there so little time (and even less substance) devoted to economic issues. One of the few...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
The good news is that the election season is almost over. The bad news is that we’ll have a president next year who does not embrace classical liberal principles of free markets and social tolerance. But that doesn’t mean Trump and Biden are equally bad. Depending on...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
Last night’s train-wreck debate reinforced my disdain for politicians. But let’s ignore the immature theatrics from Trump and Biden and focus on one of their policy disagreements. The two candidates squabbled over whether creating a government-administered health plan...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
Washington is a cesspool of waste, fraud, and abuse. All taxpayers, to avoid having their income squandered in D.C., should go above and beyond the call of duty to minimize the amount they send to the IRS. Which is why today’s column is a bipartisan love fest for...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
I’ve previously written that Keynesian economics is like Freddy Kreuger. No matter how many times it is killed off by real-world evidence, it comes back to life whenever a politician wants to justify a vote-buying orgy of new spending. And there will always be...
