President Obama keeps calling for higher taxes on the wealthy, and more regulation of the economy, apparently in the belief that people will keep working and investing regardless of the burdens.
John Tamny of RealClearPolitics.com blows that belief out of the water with this column on the man who inspired the Mad Men television show — an immensely successful man who has been driven to sell his businesses because he’s fed up with government.
— Steve Stanek
Steve Stanek is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of two Heartland publications, Budget & Tax News and Finance, Insurance & Real Estate News. He has been writing and editing for Heartland since 2003.
Stanek's work has appeared in numerous local, state and national publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago Sun-Times, The Hill, Boston Herald, New York Post, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Washington Examiner, and he has appeared on radio and television programs including Chicago Public Television's Chicago Tonight and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
President Obama keeps calling for higher taxes on the wealthy, and more regulation of the economy, apparently in the belief that people will keep working and investing regardless of the burdens.
