by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2025 | Blogs, Education, Europe
As usual (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc), let’s start the year by listing three things I’m hoping for and three things I worry may happen. Let’s start with the good things that hopefully will happen this year....
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2024 | Blogs, Education
Back in 2013, I asked readers to vote for their favorite political cartoonist. The third-place winner was the unknown person who put together a Wizard-of-Id parody that cleverly illustrated how redistribution programs undermine the work ethic. If I did...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I realize it’s not nice to take pleasure in the misfortune of others, but that rule does not apply when bad things happen to greedy politicians. As such, I greatly enjoy reading about when taxpayers “vote with their feet” by moving from high-tax jurisdictions to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I shared some data last month from the National Association of State Budget Officers to show that Texas lawmakers have been more fiscally responsible than California lawmakers over the past couple of years. California politicians were more profligate in 2021...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
I have a seven-part series (here, here, here, here, here, here and here) comparing Texas and California, mostly to demonstrate that the not-so-Golden State has hurt itself with excessive taxation and a bloated government....
