by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The big fiscal debate in the United States is whether the United States should become a European-style welfare state, which is something that automatically will happen over the next few decades in the absence of genuine entitlement reform. Some...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There are three troubling things about the politics of poverty. First, I frequently grouse and complain that some folks on the left don’t actually care about helping poor people. Instead, as explained in my Eighth Theorem of...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I have repeatedly pointed out that opponents of entitlement reform support big tax increases. And, as I explain in this segment from a recent presentation, they specifically support tax increases on lower-income and middle-class households. Why do I assert that they...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The big fiscal fight in Washington is whether the United States should become a European-style welfare state. In part, this is automatically happening because of demographic change and poorly designed entitlement programs. But there’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Welfare and Entitlements
Leftists should be nice to rich people people because those entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners are the ones financing the federal government. However, there are too few rich people to finance a European-sized welfare state. The above video is...
