by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Since I’m a big fan of spending caps in Switzerland and Colorado, I’m always on the lookout for research and analysis about fiscal rules. For instance, there are pro-spending-cap studies from left-leaning bureaucracies such as the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The best evidence for spending caps is the comparison between the United States and Switzerland. Even since Swiss voters overwhelmingly imposed their “debt brake” on politicians 20 years ago, total government spending in Switzerland has increased by an...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve referred to Colorado’s spending cap as a “role model” and the “gold standard,” and I lavished even more praise on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in this clip from a recent interview with Penn Pfiffner of the TABOR Foundation. If you don’t have a couple of minutes to...
by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The Swiss Debt Brake and Colorado’s TABOR work because they limit spending. Balanced budget requirements, by contrast, have a weak track record. My point in the above discussion with the Soul of Enterprise is mostly based on economics. Our fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 28, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Earlier this month, I wrote separate columns about the spending cap in Switzerland (the “debt brake“) and the spending cap in Colorado (“TABOR“). In this clip from my appearance on Let People Prosper, I explain those spending caps are the gold...
