Dan Mitchell

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

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

If @antonioguterres and the other 90,000 greenies really cared about carbon emissions, why didn’t they conduct the meeting by zoom instead of flying around the world for the #cop31 boondoggle junket? https://t.co/OyGJ902dxc

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I was extremely impressed to see more than 90,000 people at #COP31 in Antalya.

I could feel their energy & determination to push for urgent #ClimateAction.

Only the @UN can bring so many people from around the world together in defense of our planet & our common future.

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

@elonmusk should have copied Canada and many other nations by getting air traffic control out from under the incompetent control of government. https://t.co/y0NPcIMlDH

[David Frum @davidfrum]

https://t.co/8WAiNTAWyD

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Why is it that people who actually experienced socialism are never fans of socialism? (2/2) https://t.co/42bdznEfHu

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

If you argue in favor of socialism over free enterprise, don't be surprised if people laugh at you (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Hey, it worked wonders in Venezuela, so let’s try it in the US! https://t.co/y50VL6DZVm

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

Democrats are back. So is economist Stephanie Kelton’s big idea https://t.co/zTe5yTcTlB

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Our only hope is that some newly elected Democratic state legislators will put kids before teacher unions (2/2) https://t.co/5Jqstj1qEQ

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

I'm worried that the progress on school choice in many states will be undermined as a result of last week's anti-Trump landslide (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

...One would think Republicans would learn not to support big trade taxes after suffering huge congressional losses in 1890, 1930, and 2026 (2/2) https://t.co/zywY2X521B

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

I realize there are good reasons why Republicans are known as "the Stupid Party," but one would think... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Conservatives should not like Trump. At least if policy matters. https://t.co/skVckmoyHh

[Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini]

The K-Shaped Republican Party

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

And if there's another bailout from the @ECB, that will lead to a bigger bubble - and more economic damage - in the future (2/2) https://t.co/lMWik3WFR2

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

By doing "whatever it takes" early last decade, Mario Draghi helped to create the current fiscal mess in Europe (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

@Pontifex @JMilei While socialist nations like Cuba and Venezuela have horrific poverty and suffering, @Pontifex should be filled with joy that @jmilei_english is lifting people out of poverty with freedom (2/2) https://t.co/ZloYVmOzTA

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

For both ethical reasons and empirical reasons, @Pontifex should be @JMilei's biggest cheerleader (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

...I definitely know we don't want to replace GDP with ideologically flawed numbers from the @UN (2/2) https://t.co/ghk144Dv4I

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

I'm not a fan of using GDP to measure prosperity, at least when GDI numbers are available instead, but... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

...Sweden in recent decades has been complying with my Golden Rule of fiscal policy (2/2) https://t.co/DW4lKDdr6B

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Sweden normally isn't a role model for fiscal policy, but... (1/2, link in reply)

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Massive VAT-enabled expansions of welfare states have created the conditions for a wrenching fiscal crisis in Europe (2/2) https://t.co/YPfN9BQsmj

[Dan Mitchell @danieljmitchell]

Has the welfare state creaed so much dependency that European nations are doomed to suffer fiscal crises? (1/2, link in reply)