by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
I never thought I’d be quoting Chuck Norris about Obama’s tax policy, but he has a nice rant that includes a collection of the President’s more offensive statements. Sort of akin to the list I put together in this post (which also includes some preposterous statements...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
Obama has repeated once again that he will throw the nation off the fiscal cliff if Republicans don’t capitulate to his demands for class-warfare tax hikes. This is a serious topic worthy of weighty analysis, but I don’t really have anything to add to what I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
People in the political world say that President Obama threw Secretary of State Clinton under the bus in an attempt to protect himself from political fallout from Libya. I don’t follow those issues, so I can’t comment about the veracity of that charge, but I find it...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Growth
That’s a clunky title for this post, but I couldn’t think of any other way of expressing the potential political impact of a very muddled employment situation. Let’s start with the obvious. The White House is very happy about the recent numbers showing that the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Keynesian
I’ve explained on many occasions that Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was bad news for the economy. And the same can be said of Herbert Hoover’s policies, since he also expanded the burden of federal spending, raised tax rates, and increased government intervention. So...
