by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Last year, I filled out a do-it-yourself federal budget prepared by the Washington Post and another one put together by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. In both cases, my main complaint was that they did not give enough...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve already written two columns (here and here) about why a “bipartisan” budget deal would be a recipe for higher taxes and bigger government. To start our third installment in this series, here’s a clip from my recent appearance on Vance Ginn’s Let People...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Uncategorized
As clearly shown by the Congressional Budget Office, America’s long-run fiscal challenge is an ever-growing burden of federal spending. Particularly entitlement programs. Moreover, because the tax burden is projected to gradually increase...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I was very optimistic about the United Kingdom less than five years ago. The Conservative Party had just won a landslide election and that presumably would lead to an acceptable form of Brexit, followed by some form of Singapore-on-Thames. Well, the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I support tax competition because it is our best hope of avoiding “goldfish government.” As such, I’m very opposed to tax harmonization schemes, all of which are designed to make it easier for politicians to impose higher tax burdens. . That’s why...
