Coalition to President Trump: Provide Tax Relief and Regulatory Reform to Grow Economy, Not Broad-Based Tariffs

by CF&P | Apr 1, 2025 | Letters

[PDF Version] Dear President Donald J. Trump, On behalf of the undersigned conservative, free market, and taxpayer advocacy organizations, we write to commend you on your pro-growth tax and deregulation agenda and encourage Congress to take immediate action to...

The Expensive Quicksand of Red Tape

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations

I’ve shared Kite & Key videos about Social Security, comparative economics, free trade, the national debt, patriotism, and free markets. Here’s their video on the under-appreciated problem of permitting and red tape. This video is...

The United States vs. Europe

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 5, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Regulations, Welfare and Entitlements

So far this decade, I’ve written at least nine columns (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here) showing that the United States is out-performing Europe. Since I endlessly complain about bad policy in...

A Second Edition of Trump: Three Hopes, Three Fears

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Regulations

Yesterday, I celebrated Biden’s exit from Washington. We have 50-plus years of evidence showing he is a corrupt, big-government mediocrity. Good riddance. But Biden being bad does not imply Trump being good. Instead, he’s an incoherent mix. Some of his...

A Parting Insult to American Households from Joe Biden

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 8, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations

Environmental zealots and meddling politicians are undermining our quality of life. They have given us substandard toilets They have saddled us with inadequate washing machines They have forced us to use dribbling showers They have endangered us with dysfunctional gas...