by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
Speculating about tax policy in 2021, with Washington potentially being controlling by Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi, there are four points to consider. The bad news is that Joe Biden has endorsed a wide range of punitive tax increases. The good news is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The good news is that Joe Biden has not embraced many of Bernie Sanders’ worst tax ideas, such as imposing a wealth tax or hiking the top income tax rate to 52 percent.. The bad news is that he nonetheless is supporting a wide range of punitive tax increases....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
In recent months, governments released prisoners and announced that some laws wouldn’t be enforced because of the coronavirus. Now, with protests against police misbehavior, we’re seeing governments fail to maintain law and order. As suggested by this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Hardly anybody noticed because the nation has been focused on protests about police misbehavior, but Joe Biden officially clinched the Democratic nomination this past week. And he’s now comfortably ahead in the political betting markets as well as public polling. If...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I would like to think that the election results from Super Tuesday signify a rejection of the evil and destructive ideology of socialism. After all, despite promising the most handouts, Bernie Sanders was defeated in most states and quickly went from being the...