by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
While in Sweden last week, I wrote several columns (here, here, and here) about that nation’s fiscal policy. But I also had a discussion about American fiscal policy with one of the tax experts at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. That included a...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Our friends on the left are often very hypocritical. I’ve written many times, for instance, about statist politicians who oppose school choice while sending their kids to private schools. I’ve also shared columns about hypocrisy on...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Since I’m currently in Stockholm and just gave a speech about fiscal policy, let’s take a look at Swedish taxation. Like most western nations, Sweden became a rich nation in the 1800s and early 1900s when taxes were modest and the burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve already written two columns (here and here) about why a “bipartisan” budget deal would be a recipe for higher taxes and bigger government. To start our third installment in this series, here’s a clip from my recent appearance on Vance Ginn’s Let People...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The Congressional Budget Office has released its new Long-Term Budget Outlook and I will continue my annual tradition (see 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) of sharing some very bad news about America’s fiscal future. Most...
