by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
My views on gridlock were fully captured in the title of a 2015 column, which stated that divided government was “Better than the Alternative of Expanding Government.” And I followed up with a 2020 column that showed that spending restraint was more...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2021 | Taxation
When I ask my left-leaning friends what they think about the flight of investors, entrepreneurs, and business owners from high-tax states, I tend to get three responses. It isn’t actually happening (these are my friends who apparently don’t know how to read).It’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2021 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Since I’m a policy wonk, I rarely play the role of political pundit other than biennial election predictions. But I’m getting a lot of requests to comment about Trump, especially in light of the recent protest/riot/insurrection and the ongoing political fallout...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Most Republicans and Democrats have a self-interested view of divided government. They obviously prefer if their party controls everything. After all, that’s how Republicans got tax reform in 2017 and it’s how Democrats got Obamacare in 2010. But they also like...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2020 | Blogs
For what it’s worth, my presidential prediction for 2020 will probably turn out to be more accurate than my presidential prediction for 2016. But I doubt anyone cares about that. Let’s instead look at what happened last night (and, in some cases, what is still...
