by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The statist agenda of ever-growing government requires more money going to Washington, which is why I think that proponents of limited government should do everything they can to block tax increases. This is the “starve the beast” theory, and I’ve previously explained...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I shared a couple of amusing sequester cartoons the other day, and I’ve previously written about the absurdity of anti-sequester hysteria in Washington when all it means is that the federal budget will grow by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years rather than $2.5...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a fan of loopholes in the tax code. I’ve complained about the number of pages in the tax code, the number of provisions in the tax code, and I’ve even groused about the rising number of pages in the instruction manual for the 1040 tax form. And I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 5, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Those of you old enough to remember the Cold War may remember something called the Brezhnev Doctrine. This was the rule concocted by the Soviet tyrants that basically said a nation could never regain freedom once it fell under communist rule. In my simple way of...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
First, some good news. The United States is in much better shape than most other developed nations, particularly if you look at broad measures of prosperity and living standards. And our economy is growing and the private sector is creating jobs. That’s the...
