by Dan Mitchell | Sep 2, 2016 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Like all good libertarians, I hate waiting in government-mandated lines. Heck, you don’t even have to be a curmudgeonly libertarian to have unpleasant thoughts about the Post Office or Department of Motor Vehicles (not to mention the virtual lines that exist for...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I periodically get asked who should be in the White House. Since I’m a policy wonk rather than a political pundit, I generally sidestep the question. Though it probably isn’t too hard to figure out my preference if you peruse what I’ve written about previous...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Exactly five years, I created a Declaration of Dependence for my statist readers. It was supposed to be satire, but after looking at some new estimates of dependency, I now wonder whether I accidentally foretold America’s future. Anyhow, here’s how my attempt to be...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Okay, the title for today’s column is a bit grandiose. It implies weighty and ponderous analysis of America’s ever-growing entitlement state and potentially dour predictions about when we reach a tipping point of too much dependency. But let’s focus on the short run,...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
What’s the difference between libertarians and conservatives? I’ve touched on that issue before, citing some interesting research which suggests that the underlying difference involves cultural factors such as attitudes about authority. But let’s narrow the question...
