by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve
Based on my writings, some people may think I’m 100 percent against higher taxes. But that’s not exactly true. In some cases, I like punitive taxation. Or, to be more precise, I sometimes take pleasure when punitive tax policy backfires on bad people. Here’s an...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2015 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I almost feel sorry for the gun-control crowd. They keep trying to convince themselves that people are on their side, but schemes to restrict the 2nd Amendment keep getting defeated on Capitol Hill. And when a handful of state governments go against the trend and try...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2015 | Blogs, Crime, Society
A couple of radical Islamists murdered a bunch of people in California and, even before any details were available, some politicians sought – once again – to exploit a tragedy. Here’s a short excerpt from USA Today about Hillary Clinton’s response. Democratic...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2015 | Blogs, Society
I’ve admitted before that I have no idea whether global warming is a real problem, but I can say with considerable certainty that there are two reasons why I’m very skeptical of the environmental policy agenda. First, the serious environmentalists believe in central...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 22, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
When I wrote earlier this year about “Europe’s suicidal welfare state,” it wasn’t so that I could make points about excessive spending and demographic decline. Yes, those are very important issues. But I was focusing instead on the fact that Europe’s welfare states...
