by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
When I write about politicians in their role as politicians (rather than their policy prescriptions), it’s usually to mock them for venality, corruption, immorality, sleaze, incompetence, or hypocrisy. Today, I want to plead with them to exercise self-restraint. Some...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Back in April, I looked at the candidates running for the French presidency and half-jokingly wondered which one would win the right to preside over the country’s decline. But once the field was winnowed to two candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, I wrote...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
In my 30-plus years in Washington, I’ve lived through some very bad pieces of legislation. George H.W. Bush’s betrayal of his “read my lips” promise with the 1990s tax increase. Bill Clinton’s 1993 tax hike, which OMB admitted 18 months later was a failure. All sorts...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
At the risk of making myself unpopular with some of my fellow libertarians, not all forms of government coercion are created equal. I don’t like redistribution in the United States. I recognize that such programs are financed with taxes and that the internal revenue...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
Whether I like what’s happening (getting rid of Operation Choke Point) or don’t like what’s happening (expanding civil asset forfeiture), it appears that the Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions is willing to make decisions. With one very puzzling...
