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About: Dan Mitchell

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Daniel J. Mitchell is a top expert on tax reform and supply-side tax policy. Mitchell is a strong advocate of a flat tax and international tax competition. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow with The Heritage Foundation, and an economist for Senator Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee. He also served on the 1988 Bush/Quayle transition team and was Director of Tax and Budget Policy for Citizens for a Sound Economy. His articles can be found in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, and Washington Times. He is a frequent guest on radio and television and a popular speaker on the lecture circuit. Mitchell holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.

Posts by Dan Mitchell:

• January 2, 2010 Should Republicans Have Compromised to Produce a Less-Bad Healthcare Bill?

• January 1, 2010 The Death Tax Is Dead!

• January 1, 2010 Fortunately Child Protective Services Didn’t See this Photo

• January 1, 2010 Do Taxes Make People Unhappy?

• December 31, 2009 Ski Update: My Encounter with Local Government

• December 31, 2009 Bureaucrats Living on Easy Street

• December 30, 2009 Weekly Economics Lesson

• December 30, 2009 Good Things Come in Threes…

• December 29, 2009 Hitting the Slopes

• December 29, 2009 Another Great Video on the Second Amendment

• December 29, 2009 More TSA Incompetence

• December 28, 2009 Great Video on Gun Ownership, Freedom, and Resisting Tyrany

• December 28, 2009 The Real Healthcare “Chart of the Day”

• December 28, 2009 Another Dave Barry Classic

• December 27, 2009 TSA Announces New Anti-Terrorism Rule for Air Travel

• December 27, 2009 Great Moments in Bureaucratic Stupidity

• December 27, 2009 Story on GOP Hypocrisy Illustrates that Sometimes It’s Better to Lose an Election

• December 26, 2009 Blank-Check Bailout for Fannie and Freddie Means Taxpayers Get a Lump of Coal from Obama

• December 26, 2009 Was Jesus a Socialist?

• December 25, 2009 A Politically Correct Christmas Greeting

• December 25, 2009 Merry Christmas

• December 24, 2009 Merry Christmas from the IRS

• December 24, 2009 The Grinch that Stole Education

• December 23, 2009 Offensive Government Spending

• December 23, 2009 Stupid Government Spending

• December 23, 2009 Need a Last-Minute Christmas Present for a Taxpayer?

• December 23, 2009 Pontificating Again, this Time on the Flat Tax

• December 22, 2009 University of Michigan Study Confirms Link Between Financial Bailout and Corruption

• December 22, 2009 Pontificating about Fiscal Policy

• December 22, 2009 Weekly Political Humor

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