by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I like to think that very few people despise Obamacare more than me. I don’t like Obamacare because it’s a fiscal boondoggle. I don’t like Obamacare because it’s bad healthcare policy. I don’t like Obamacare because it generated an embarrassingly bad decision by the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I don’t like international bureaucracies because they generally push for policies that expand the burden of government and undermine economic growth. But I recognize that there are some good people who work at these institutions and I’m always willing to acknowledge...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last month, I put together a list of six jaw-dropping examples of left-wing hypocrisy, one of which featured Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. He made the list for having the chutzpah to criticize corporate inversions on the basis of supposed economic patriotism, even...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’m a long-time proponent of the flat tax for three simple reasons. 1. It replaces the discriminatory “progressive” tax with a single tax rate at the lowest possible level, thus reducing the tax penalty on productive behavior. 2. It gets rid of all forms of double...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 7, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Daily Caller on August 7, 2014. Americans have now had ample time to become acquainted with Obamacare’s numerous destructive provisions. Some of its failures, like the expensive and inoperable exchange websites, have been quite public....
