by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2026 | Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I wrote last June that Zohran Mamdani’s platform for New York City was akin to a suicide note. Today, let’s see how the “Caviar Communist” wants to deal with fiscal policy. But let’s first look at two graphs so we can understand New York City’s finances....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Looking at the title of today’s column, the answer is yes, and it’s been yes for a long time. But what’s been happening so far in California is slow-motion suicide. Every year, it seems, there is more taxing, more...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
The United States faces a huge long-run fiscal problem because government is growing too fast. Entitlement programs are the main problem. For example, a rising burden of Social Security spending means that outlays will exceed revenues by $65.8...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Congratulations to Switzerland, the “improbable success” that is home to the world’s most sensible voters. The left put a referendum on the ballot to impose a national death tax and the people of Switzerland overwhelmingly voted...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Flat Tax, Government Spending, Taxation
I normally have a Thanksgiving-themed column every year (2024, 2023, 2022, etc, etc), but I just saw something so irritating from the pro-tax crowd at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that I’m going to break with tradition....
