by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
If nothing else, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives me a lot to write about…and to laugh about. I recently pontificated about her crazy idea to impose a top tax rate of 70 percent, which would reverse the very successful experiment we had in the 1980s (and presumably have...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Bernie Sanders is yesterday’s news. Yes, he’s still lovable ol’ Crazy Bernie, but he’s now being overshadowed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, another out-of-the-closet socialist who somehow thinks America should be more like Greece or Venezuela. Brian Riedl...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There was a book last decade by Thomas Frank, What’s the Matter with Kansas?, that asked why lower-income voters in the state didn’t vote for greater levels of redistribution. The author claimed these voters were sidetracked by cultural issues, which may very well be...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
When I argue with my statist friends about the proper size and scope of government, they accuse me of not wanting public services. My typical response is to explain that I am a strong supporter of markets as the method to get high-quality roads, schools,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
My favorite publication every year is Economic Freedom of the World. It’s filled with data on fiscal policy, regulatory policy, trade policy, monetary policy, and quality of governance for 162 jurisdictions, and it provides an unbiased way of gauging the degree to...
