by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2011 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
I spoke at the Tea Party Patriots convention earlier today. Great people, great crowd. My job was to debate on the side of the flat tax over the fair tax. Several people asked for more information, and I promised to put this video on the blog. Long-time readers...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Capital Gains, Flat Tax, Taxation
Here’s a video arguing for the abolition of the corporate income tax. The visuals are good and it touches on key issues such as competitiveness. I do have one complaint about the video, though it is merely a sin of omission. There is not enough attention paid to the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2011 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Clint Eastwood is asked about the new governor of California and uses the opportunity to advocate a simple and fair flat tax. “But I’ll tell you when I liked him—and I wasn’t a registered Democrat—but I liked him when he...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation
Republicans did a terrible job last time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
In my fiscal policy speeches, I sometimes try to get a laugh out of audiences by including a Powerpoint slide with this image. Leading up to this slide, I talk about the Armey/Forbes flat tax and explain that it would eliminate the corrupt internal revenue code and...
