by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Today, voters in New York City may elect a lunatic leftist as Mayor, following Chicago into the toilet of statism. Is that the most important election of 2025? Later this year, voters in Argentina will decide in mid-term elections whether...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
What’s the world’s most sure-to-fail policy (as opposed to the world’s most sure-to-fail system, such as socialism)? There are some crazy possibilities, ranging from grandiose schemes such as modern monetary policy to goofy little proposals such...
by Dan Mitchell | May 22, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Republicans are going to saddle the country with a massive tax increase, and I’m not referring to Trump’s huge protectionist tax increase on American consumers and producers. Instead, I’m referring to my long-held view that a failure to...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Time for another edition of my series on “Fiscal Fights with Friends,” where I debunk supposed conservatives who advocate for statist policies. Today’s topic is tax increases, an issue that I’ve had to address before (examples can be found here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
I often cite the 20th Theorem of Government (France, Brazil, Colombia, Maryland) to emphasize the danger of spending profligacy. Today, let’s add the state of Washington to that list. We’ll start with a chart from Americans for Tax Reform...
