All Posts Tagged With: "Daniel Mitchell"
Raising the Minimum Wage Will Discourage Migration? It Just Aint So!
In “Raise Wages, Not Walls,” an op-ed in the July 25 New York Times, Michael Dukakis and Daniel Mitchell make a proposal that is breathtaking in its misunderstanding of basic economics. After showing problems with the various congressional proposals to limit illegal immigration, they give their own solution: increase the minimum wage. They write, “If [...]
1Nov2006 | David R. Henderson | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Flat Tax: Freedom, Fairness, Jobs, and Growth
Dr. Peterson, an adjunct scholar for the Heritage Foundation, is Distinguished Lundy Professor Emeritus of Business Philosophy at Campbell University in North Carolina. Mounting taxes push the Tax Foundation’s “Tax Freedom Day” out to May 6, a day when presumably John Q. Taxpayer stops working for government—federal, state, and local—and at last starts working for [...]
1Sep1996 | William H. Peterson | 0 comments | Continued-
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