by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation, VAT
I’m normally disappointed when religious figures comment on economics, particularly since they often turn the individual call to charity into a blank check for government-coerced redistribution. This runs contrary to individual choice, free will, and morality. So I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I enjoy mocking the French every so often, including posts about the nation’s absurd fiscal policy, its protesting government workers, its oddball laws against meanness, its penchant for high taxes, and its shallow attempts to redefine success. Sometimes, I even...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Warren Buffett’s at it again. He has a column in the New York Times complaining that he has been coddled by the tax code and that “rich” people should pay higher taxes. My first instinct is to send Buffett the website where people can voluntarily pay extra money to...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Tomorrow, August 12, will be a wonderful day. Based on calculations from Americans for Tax Reform, we will have finally worked long enough to finance the total cost of government for 2011. This means the money we earn for the rest of the year will be for the benefit...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Monetary Policy, Taxation
Allen Meltzer, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, writes today in the Wall Street Journal about the Fed’s worrisome announcement that it will continue the easy-money policy of artificially low interest rates. Professor Meltzer’s key point (at least to me) is...
