Comments on: Notwithstanding the “Grand Bargain” Siren Song, there’s No Practical Argument for Tax Hikes

By: Is Anybody Surprised that the First Bottle of Tax Booze Didn’t Cure the Spendaholics? « International Liberty

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:20:19 +0000

[...] real moral of the story is that we have a serious spending problem in Washington. In theory, higher taxes could be the price to get needed reforms to control the size of government. But in reality, higher taxes are always a substitute for good fiscal [...]

By: Why does the “Lucy move the football” reference apply to Republicans on the fiscal cliff? « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:06:14 +0000

[...] Even though America’s fiscal problem is entirely the result of too much government spending, I wrote earlier this year that there were all sorts of scenarios where I would agree to a tax increase. [...]

By: Political arguments against higher taxes from Dan Mitchell « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:17:51 +0000

[...] actually written that I would accept higher taxes if we got some real fiscal reform to restrain the growth of government. There is zero chance, however, of any meaningful changes on the spending side of the fiscal [...]

By: Learning from the European Experience: Do Higher Tax Burdens Lead to Less Red Ink? « International Liberty

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:48:32 +0000

[...] I realize it is theoretically possible that a tax hike could be part of a political deal that produces a good outcom…, such as entitlement [...]

By: Don’t Get Bamboozled by the Fiscal Cliff: Five Policy Reasons and Five Political Reasons Why Republicans Should Keep their No-Tax-Hike Promises « International Liberty

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:30:40 +0000

By: Don’t Get Bamboozled by the Fiscal Cliff: Five Policy Reasons and Five Political Reasons Why Republicans Should Not Break their No-Tax-Hike Promises « International Liberty

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:24:16 +0000

By: James R White

James R White — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:10:17 +0000

I agree with this assessment 100%

By: Republicans who raise taxes should hold signs that say “I am a moron” « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:21:40 +0000

[...] This post is based on real-world analysis. Yes, there are hypothetical scenarios where even I would agree to a tax hike, but they’re about as realistic as the possibility of me throwing five touchdown passes for the [...]

By: The No-Tax-Hike Pledge Is an IQ Test for Republicans « International Liberty

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:19:49 +0000

By: Is President Obama going to bankrupt our country by going from 10 trillion to 22 trillion in debt? (part 11) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:12:44 +0000

[...] limiting spending growth to about 2 percent annually, you can balance the budget in about 10 years. No need for higher taxes, notwithstanding the rhetoric of the fiscal frauds in Washington who salivate at the thought of [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 168.6) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:20:05 +0000

[...] in April, I explained that I would accept a tax increase if “the net long-run effect is more freedom, liberty, and [...]

By: Open letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (Part 2 on raising taxes) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:03:46 +0000

By: Even Leftists Won’t Defend Obama’s Make-Believe $4 Trillion “Grand Bargain” Budget Plan « International Liberty

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:53:12 +0000

[...] If Obama is re-elected, GOPers should not get seduced into a phony budget summit that invariably would produce a bad plan. It’s not simply that I’m against higher taxes. It’s that I don’t want to give the clowns and crooks in Washington even more of our money when we won’t get any reforms that might justify that sacrifice. [...]

By: European Politicians Share Obama’s View of a “Balanced Approach” « International Liberty

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:50:24 +0000

[...] don’t like higher taxes, but I wouldn’t be completely upset if at least we got some permanent reforms to control the growth of government. But that’s definitely not the case with Simpson-Bowles. [...]

By: Blue Moon Rising: Dan Mitchell Endorses a Tax Hike « International Liberty

Blue Moon Rising: Dan Mitchell Endorses a Tax Hike « International Liberty — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:16:56 +0000

[...] wrote earlier this year that I could accept a tax hike if there was a deal that actually resulted in a permanent reduction in the burden of government [...]

By: The lesson from history: We must slow down spending in order to balance the budget « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:39:14 +0000

[...] in April, I explained that I would accept a tax increase if “the net long-run effect is more freedom, liberty, and [...]

By: Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham join small naive group of Republicans that want to raise taxes « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:49:20 +0000

By: Republican presidents besides Reagan have done a bad job of slowing the growth of spending « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:33:32 +0000

By: Fantasy Tax Scenarios | The American Conservative Union

Fantasy Tax Scenarios | The American Conservative Union — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:07:18 +0000

By: Tax Hikes Are Economically Destructive, Politically Poisonous, and Completely Ineffective at Reducing Red Ink – Daniel J. Mitchell – Townhall Finance « Gds44's Blog

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:07:53 +0000

[...] in April, I explained that I would accept a tax increase if “the net long-run effect is more freedom, liberty, and [...]

By: Tax Hikes Are Economically Destructive, Politically Poisonous, and Completely Ineffective at Reducing Red Ink - OBAMA-B-GONE

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:20:36 +0000

[...] in April, I explained that I would accept a tax increase if “the net long-run effect is more freedom, liberty, and [...]

By: Tax Hikes Are Economically Destructive, Politically Poisonous, and Completely Ineffective at Reducing Red Ink « International Liberty

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:09:35 +0000

[...] in April, I explained that I would accept a tax increase if “the net long-run effect is more freedom, liberty, and [...]

By: By Naively Putting Tax Hikes on the Table, Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham Join the Charlie Brown Club « International Liberty

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:20:08 +0000

By: Jonah Goldberg’s Good Advice for the GOP: Confess Your Spending Sins and Repent | Cato @ Liberty

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:51:12 +0000

By: Jonah Goldberg’s Good Advice for the GOP: Confess Your Spending Sins and Repent « International Liberty

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:09:44 +0000

By: Measuring the Federal Government’s Spending Problem « International Liberty

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:02:48 +0000

[...] I like how they use several types of measurements to show that there’s plenty of tax revenue. Indeed, the best line, near the end of the video, is when the narrator points out that higher taxes will simply exacerbate the spending problem (as I have noted). [...]

By: Weekend Reading, Volume 27 — Uphold Liberty by Ron Davis

Weekend Reading, Volume 27 — Uphold Liberty by Ron Davis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:17:43 +0000

[...] Mitchell does a great job of talking about taxes, tax hikes, and tax reform. (Mitchell is one of my favorite bloggers. You [...]

By: Zorba

Zorba — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:21:43 +0000

Move down the Rarn curve while three billion competitors move up = decline. QED

By: Michael Murray

Michael Murray — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:09:42 +0000

No real changes will happen until they are forced upon the politicians by circumstances beyond their control.