by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
In America’s sprawling intelligence network, costing tens of billions of dollars, who got fired after the 9-11 terror attacks for failing to connect the dots? Who in the military got fired after the Fort Hood terrorist attack for failing to connect the dots? More...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 22, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on March 17, 2016. In the more than 25 years since nuclear waste dating back to the Manhattan Project was discovered at the West Lake landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri, the Environmental Protection Agency has been working to develop...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Health Care
I’ve never been susceptible to the claim that you solve problems with taxpayer money. Indeed, this amusing poster is a pretty good summary of my views on the effectiveness of government spending. But what about the horrific stories about veterans dying because of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
The IRS is worthy of scorn. It is a bloated bureaucracy that routinely violates the rights of taxpayers. But even I didn’t think it was possible for a collection of bureaucrats to display the blithering incompetence necessary to send $46 million of handouts to nearly...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
While I’m obviously not a fan of big government, I have mixed feelings about why the public sector is so blindly wasteful. Is it because politicians and bureaucrats are well-intentioned morons who accidentally do damage (as illustrated by this cartoon), or is it that...
