by Dan Mitchell | Apr 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
Since it is tax-filing season and we all want to honor our wonderful tax system, let’s go into the archives and show this video from last year about the onerous compliance costs of the internal revenue code. Narrated by Hiwa Alaghebandian of the American Enterprise...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Government Spending, Taxation
Alberto Alesina of Harvard’s economics department summarizes some of his research in a column for today’s Wall Street Journal. He and a colleague looked at fiscal policy changes in developed nations and found very strong evidence that spending reductions boost growth....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m used to being attacked, but usually by statists. In a man-bites-dog development, here’s a 12-1/2-minute video dedicated to the proposition that I was hopelessly squishy in my Rahn Curve video. What makes this situation rather ironic is that I agree with the guy...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
President Bush was a big spender, but President Obama is taking profligacy to the next level. In his first year in office, Obama pushed through a pork-filled “stimulus” that was supposed to increase jobs and prosperity (at least according to the discredited Keynesian...
by CF&P | Jun 29, 2010 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, June 29, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P Video Explains the Burden of Government Spending (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 29, 2010) A new video released today by...
