by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
Maybe the warm weather is affecting my judgement, but I’m finding myself in the odd position of admiring some folks on the left for their honesty. A few days ago, for instance, I (sort of) applauded Matthew Yglesias for openly admitting that punitive tax rates would...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Since almost everybody wants a society that is just, that presumably means we all favor “social justice.” But in the American political system, the phrase has been adopted by those who favor bigger government and more intervention. Sort of the way “solidarity” and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
Over the years, I’ve had many arguments about economic policy with my statist friends. I put them into three categories. The completely unreasonable statists blindly assert, notwithstanding all the evidence around the world, that bigger government and more...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s not often that I disagree with the folks who put together the Wall Street Journal editorial page. For instance, they just published a great editorial on that cesspool of cronyism and corruption that is otherwise known as the Export-Import Bank. Isn’t it great...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve sometimes asserted, only half-jokingly, that statists believe all of our income belongs to the government and that we should be grateful if we’re allowed to keep any slice of what we earn. This is, at least in part, the mentality behind the “tax...
