by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, VAT
The main political goal of the left is to seduce Republicans into supporting higher taxes. Bluntly stated, all of their fiscal policy goals require more tax revenue coming to Washington. The most important factor (from their perspective) is that they can’t make...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Republicans are fighting about taxes. But they’re fighting with each other, not Democrats. I’ve already written about this topic once, but the issue has become more heated, and the stakes have become much larger. And this time I’m going to focus on the political...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Thanks to demographics and ill-conceived entitlement programs, America is on a path to becoming a bankrupt European-style welfare state. We know how to fix this problem, but whether we make the necessary reforms depends on the heart and soul of the GOP. Are...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Yesterday, I analyzed how the GOP should fight the budget battle, but I may have made a big mistake. I assumed the Republican leadership actually wanted to do the right thing. I thought they learned the right lessons from the disastrous Bush years, and that the GOP no...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I posted yesterday about the stunning political incompetence of Republican Senators, who reportedly are willing to give Obama an increase in the debt limit in exchange for a vote (yes, just a vote) on a balanced budget amendment. As I explained, there is no way they...
