by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Neither involves nudity, but I’ve written about libertarian porn and poverty porn. To augment that list, my former colleague Brian Riedl, now with the Manhattan Institute, has produced some fiscal porn. Nothing sexual, so you can disregard this column if that’s your...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
While most of my disdain is reserved for the federal government in Washington, I periodically share horror stories about foreign governments and state governments. And today we’re going to add to our collection of bone-headed policies by local governments. In some...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
As part of my collection of anti-libertarian jokes, I shared a mosaic back in 2012 purporting to show the 24 types of libertarians. Well, turnabout is fair play. Here’s something similar, showing the 24 types of authoritarians, from the libertarian page on Reddit. I...
by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
In a recent interview on the new Trump budget, I hit on some of my usual topics such as growth, real-world fiscal numbers, tax reform, fake budget cuts, entitlement reform, and my Golden Rule. But I want to call attention to the part of the discussion that started a...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
Whenever there’s a terrorist attack, I automatically feel a combination of anger, horror, and sadness. Like all normal people. But it’s then just a matter of time before I also begin to wonder whether we’ll learn that the dirtbag terrorist was financed by welfare....
