by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I started fretting about the socialist tendencies of young people early last decade. And when Sanders attracted a lot of youth support in 2016, I gave the issue even more attention, and I’ve since continued to investigate why so many young people are sympathetic to...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve opined that statist policies harm young people. I also shared this video explaining why big government is bad for millennials and the Gen-Z crowd. This should be a slam-dunk issue. After all, don’t they know how the communist world collapsed? Aren’t they aware of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Socialism is a very bad concept. It deserves mockery rather than respect. But that’s true of all statist ideologies. Last year, as part of a column on the collapse of the Soviet Empire, I put together a statism spectrum showing the degree to which various nations...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2015 | Blogs, Health Care
I feel compelled to comment on the Supreme Court’s latest Obamacare decision, though I could sum up my reaction with one word: disgust. I’m disgusted that we had politicians who decided in 2009 and 2010 to further screw up the healthcare system with Obamacare. I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society
I wrote last week about the lunacy of a tax system that created the conditions that led to the death of Eric Garner in New York City. But I wrote that column in the context of how high tax rates lead to tax avoidance and tax evasion. Let’s now zoom out and look at the...
