by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Even though America’s long-run fiscal outlook is very grim, I wrote a two-part series earlier this year (here and here) to explain why the situation is not hopeless. First and foremost, I noted that the only good solution is long-run spending...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve been very critical of big-spending Republicans like Trump for two reasons. First, bigger government saps economic vitality by diverting resources from the economy’s productive sector.Second, bigger government sooner or...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote in 2017 that class warfare in the 1950s did not work because well-to-do taxpayers could choose to earn less, evade taxes, or avoid taxes. In this video, Brian Domitrovic elaborates on the failure of confiscatory tax rates. Let’s dig deeper...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
When President Biden proposed a 10-year tax hike of about $3 trillion in 2021, I was very critical. But my hostility was not because Biden is a Democrat. I’ve also condemned Republicans who support higher taxes...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
The economic analysis of taxation has plenty of jargon, statistical analysis, and complicated graphs, which can make it seem very mysterious to ordinary people. But the core principles are actually very easy to understand. Simply stated,...
