by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In addition to his exemplary work as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, Johan Norberg narrates some great videos for Free to Choose Media. Here are some that caught my eye. The foolish and counterproductive War on Drugs. A grim consequence of Cuban communism. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
It’s depressing to see how Republicans are bungling the Obamacare issue. But it’s also understandable since it’s politically difficult to reduce handouts once people get hooked on the heroin of government dependency (a point I made even before Obamacare was enacted)....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Canada is now one of the world’s most economically free nations thanks to relatively sensible policies involving spending restraint, corporate tax reform, bank bailouts, regulatory budgeting, the tax treatment of saving, and privatization of air traffic control. Heck,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society
Because America’s Founding Fathers properly wanted to protect citizens from government abuse, the Constitution has several provisions (presumption of innocence, ban on warrantless searches, right to jury trial, 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination, and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
In my writings about “Great Moments in Foreign Government,” I’ve come across amazing examples of bone-headed and incompetent behavior by politicians and bureaucrats in other nations. The British government giving welfare to people with multiple wives. The German...
