by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The President has issued an ultimatum that more tax revenue must be part of budget negotiations. Indeed, he endlessly repeats his desire for a “balanced approach,” implying that as much as 50 percent of the deficit reduction in any agreement should come from higher...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Obama waved the bloody flag of class warfare in his press conference this past week, though it’s not clear whether he was effective since he went out of his way to attack a provision for corporate jets that was part of his failed stimulus bill. In any event, Senator...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
The big-government advocates at the Center for American Progress recently released a series of charts designed to prove America is a low-tax nation. I wish this was the case. The United States does have a lower overall tax burden than Europe, which is shown in one of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
e left is desperately trying to maneuver Republicans into going along with a tax increase. And they are smart to make this their top goal. After all, it will be very difficult – if not impossible – to increase the burden of government spending without more revenue...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
Those who had the misfortune of seeing President Obama go after “tax breaks for corporate jets” as part of his press conference may be wondering why he was attacking a provision that was in his so-called stimulus and enacted by a Democratic-controlled Congress in...
