by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
It’s unfortunate that Senator Tom Coburn is retiring. He hasn’t been perfect, but nobody can question is commitment to limited government. He’s been a rare voice in Washington against wasteful spending. And he’s going out with a bang, having just released the 2014...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2014 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
Why is President Obama so fixated on a class-warfare agenda of higher taxes on the rich and government dependency for the poor? Is it because a tax-the-rich agenda is good politics, as determined by clever pollsters who have tapped into the collective mind of American...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2014 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
The polling data I shared last month about confused young people was a bit of a downer, so let’s look at three different polls that are a bit more encouraging. First, I’m glad to see that many Americans feel that government and politicians are their leading cause of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
I periodically share polling data. This is because public opinion research (if done honestly) provides insights on the degree to which people are either well informed, uninformed, or misinformed. And that kind of information is useful for policy wonks like me since it...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m ecumenical on tax reform. I’ll support any plan that rips up the internal revenue code and instead lowers tax rates, reduces double taxation, and cuts out distorting loopholes. And as I explain in this interview, both the flat tax and national sales tax have a low...
