by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Every year, I highlight the most important ballot initiative or referendum. In 2022, Massachusetts voters tragically voted to replace the state’s flat tax with a system based on class warfare.In 2021, voters in the state of Washington...
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 | 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...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs
CF&P has a video on spending caps that focuses on international evidence, such as Switzerland’s debt brake. Here’s a video from the American Legislative Exchange Council that that looks at a successful domestic spending cap – Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
When I write about fiscal policy, there are two ever-present themes. Bad tax policy reduces growth and competitiveness, driving away jobs, people, and investment.Bad spending policy occurs when budgets grow faster than the economy’s...
