Dan Mitchell

I fight for more freedom and less government (sorry to be redundant).

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Chile is a world leader in retirement policy. https://t.co/6zq4xeXgsY

[Latinometrics @LatamData]

🇨🇱 🏆 Chile now holds more pension money per person than Japan, the world's fourth-largest economy ↓

A full-career, average-wage worker in Chile can expect a pension worth 61% of take-home pay, versus 98% in Brazil. Our latest story breaks down the OECD data behind the gap.

🗞️ read it → https://t.co/4YTz8x5x0H

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

The evidence from Europe is especially compelling. The self-professed realists are wrong. Tax increases finance bigger government, not reduced debt (part 2) https://t.co/2fiEwBd9KB

[Milton Friedman Daily @MiltonFriedmanW]

“Higher taxes will not reduce the deficit, except for a brief interval. They will simply increase government spending. That is the lesson taught by past experiences.”

— Milton Friedman

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Some folks on the right, portraying themselves as practical realists, say fiscal prudence requires surrender to tax increases, yet the real-world evidence shows that higher taxes are used to expand the burden of government (part 1) https://t.co/JNFSg550kT

[Milton Friedman Daily @MiltonFriedmanW]

“Higher taxes will not reduce the deficit, except for a brief interval. They will simply increase government spending. That is the lesson taught by past experiences.”

— Milton Friedman

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

@NYCMayor ...simultaneously screw over taxpayers and small business owners, which the @NYCMayor seems to think is a victory (2/2) https://t.co/BOwAQtXjyw

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

"Mamdacula," the moocher @NYCMayor, has a plan for government grocery stores that will... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

If super-rich @SamuelLJackson wants to redistribute wealth, he can voluntarily pay more tax using this form. I won’t be holding my breath. https://t.co/Kor7wSDxqh

[Retard Finder @IfindRetards]

Samuel L Jackson says he would "spread the wealth" of he was president.

His current net worth is $250m and he isn't spreading it.

It's always the super rich who want to give away your money and not theirs.

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

If your country loses jobs and investment because a neighboring country lowers tax rates, the right response is to lower your tax rates as well (2/2) https://t.co/crP7NdN7xw

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

If you agree with the IMF's tax logic, then you should also be upset that Costco charges low prices because that reduces the profits of big grocery chains (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

@PostOpinions ...I could have balanced the budget overnight if @PostOpinions included more options to cut spending (2/2) https://t.co/QsmFaPrTYN

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

I took the @PostOpinions' do-it-yourself budget quiz and got a good result, but... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Five reasons to laugh at @NYCMayor's awful socialism https://t.co/3Q9GJH5XYf

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

💯% agreement! https://t.co/NHpwNuTZC9

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

This shouldn’t be controversial:

Getting rich by making other people’s lives better is nothing to apologize for.

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Good news for Hong Kong and Switzerland...and the begnning of a long climb for Argentina (2/2) https://t.co/zf6UxX7QRA

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Latest data from the Fraser Institute ranking global economic liberty (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Second critical from @_JackSalmon_ is that value-added taxes are correlated with higher income tax burdens, not lower. https://t.co/zy4SOMpebA (2/2)

[Jack Salmon @_JackSalmon_]

Of the roughly 170‑plus countries that have adopted a VAT, none has repealed its income tax.

The actual pattern is layering: Governments introduce a VAT and keep their direct taxes, often increasing them later.

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Two very important points from @_JackSalmon_

First, VATs help finance a bigger burden of government spending. https://t.co/iIIxaBpAsI (1/2)

[Jack Salmon @_JackSalmon_]

Of the roughly 170‑plus countries that have adopted a VAT, none has repealed its income tax.

The actual pattern is layering: Governments introduce a VAT and keep their direct taxes, often increasing them later.

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

...the U.K.'s class-warfare policy means less growth, fewer jobs, diminished tax revenue, and reduced national prosperity (2/2) https://t.co/KwR9627B17

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Class-warfare tax policy is causing successful entrepreneurs to escape the United Kingdom, and... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

The European Central Bank should not bail out Europe's decrepi welfare states (2/2) https://t.co/07G4DD9Y56

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

The world is stumbling into a fiscal crisis, especially in Europe (1/2, link in reply)