by Brian Garst | Nov 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
These are dark times for advocates of sane fiscal policy. The President and other Democrats have interpreted the recent election as a mandate to raise taxes, and if the past is any indication, the instinct from Republicans will be to cave. As if that isn’t bad...
by Brian Garst | Sep 18, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Pending sequestration cuts are hanging in the air over DC, with politicians squirming under the prospect of actually putting a limit of any kind on spending. There’s a particular debate raging over the propriety of the spending cuts set to hit defense and what...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I like sequestration. Automatic budget cuts might not be the best way of reducing the burden of government spending, but a sequester is better than leaving the federal budget on autopilot. Particularly since the “cuts” are mostly just reductions in already-scheduled...
by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Last year, as part of the fight over the debt limit, Congress created a “super-committee” that was designed to produce at least $1.2 trillion of “deficit reduction.” The statists saw this super-committee as a vehicle to seduce Republicans into a tax hike. They knew...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Some people have asked why I’m so agitated about the possibility that Republicans may acquiesce to tax increases as part of the Supercommittee negotiations. Rather than get into a lengthy discourse about the proper role of the federal government or an analysis of how...
