by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
Time for a confession. I routinely mock bureaucrats, but I don’t really think they are any worse than other people. Indeed, I have plenty of friends and acquaintances who work for various levels of government and they are fundamentally decent people. The real problem...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
In TV debates, I’ve asserted that folks on the left are “neurotic” and “guilt-ridden.” And I shared a make-believe divorce agreement that exploited every negative stereotype about left wingers. So I’m not averse to philosophical mockery, at least if it’s done with...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Federalism is the gold standard for reforming redistribution programs. This was the approach used in the very successful Clinton-era welfare reform, and it should be replicated for other means-tested programs. The core argument is that the federal government does a...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve received several emails and Facebook messages asking me why I haven’t written about Trump’s recently unveiled budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year. My answer is that I don’t want to waste my time. Let me explain what I mean. I wrote during the 2016 campaign...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Government intervention is not good for economic prosperity. That general observation is both accurate and appropriate, but it might also be helpful to contemplate what sector of the economy suffers the most damage and distortion because of government. In terms of...
