by Dan Mitchell | May 13, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I will always have fond feelings for Playboy, though not for the stereotypical reason. My appreciation for the magazine is largely based on the fact that I got a very nice honorarium from the German version back in the 1990s for writing an assessment of Bill Clinton’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
The good thing about being nonpartisan is that I can freely criticize (or even praise) policy makers without giving any thought to whether they have an R or D after their name. That doesn’t mean Republicans and Democrats are the same, at least with regards to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
When giving speeches outside the beltway, I sometimes urge people to be patient with Washington. Yes, we need fundamental tax reform and genuine entitlement reform, but there’s no way Congress can make those changes with Obama in the White House. But there are some...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Earlier this year, President Obama proposed a budget that would impose new taxes and add a couple of trillion dollars to the burden of government spending over the next 10 years. The Republican Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees have now weighed in....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I feel a bit schizophrenic when people ask me my opinion of Republicans on Capitol Hill. When I’m in a good mood (or being naively optimistic, some might argue), I applaud them for blocking Obama’s spending agenda. The fights over sequestration, debt limits, and...
