by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like any practical libertarian, I prefer decentralization (Switzerland is a great role model). My default view is that it is better for things such as roads and schools to be handled at the local level. But I’m also an impractical libertarian. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2022 | Blogs, Education
In my libertarian fantasy world, schools and libraries would be private institutions, which means market forces would determine which books would be available. This would mean plenty of diversity. Private schools in rural Oklahoma presumably would opt for...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending, Government Waste, States
My main objection to government employees is that they work for bureaucracies that should not exist (especially the ones in Washington). That being said, I also don’t like how bureaucrats are overpaid compared to workers in the productive sector of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2021 | Blogs, States, Taxation
There’s a political party in the United States – the Democrats – that represents rich people and it is trying very hard to cut taxes for those rich people. Since I don’t resent rich people (indeed, I applaud them if they earn their money...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 29, 2021 | Blogs, States, Taxation
I wrote last month about an encouraging wave of tax cuts at the state level. I’m particularly impressed by the tax-cutting plan in Arizona, which cleverly reversed a class-warfare scheme designed to enrich teacher unions. Indeed, I’m a big fan of...
