by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
What are the main problems with government bureaucrats? Is it that they’re paid too much? Given that they get far more compensation than workers in the economy’s productive sector, that’s certainly true. Is it that there are too many of them? Well, we have lots...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I live-tweeted last night’s debate between the Governor Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine. As the debate closed, I summed up my reaction with two tweets, one of which sadly observed that Donald Trump does not share Ronald Reagan’s belief in smaller government and more...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
Because of his support for big government, I don’t like Donald Trump. Indeed, I have such disdain for him (as well as Hillary Clinton) that I’ve arranged to be out of the country when the election takes place. The establishment media, by contrast, is excited about the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
If nothing else, Belgian politicians deserve credit for perseverance. One year ago, the nation was considering a “tax shift” that would reduce taxes on labor and increase taxes on consumption. I pointed out that this didn’t make much sense since it wouldn’t alter the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President, supposedly made a political mistake when he couldn’t name any foreign political leaders that he admires. If his inability to produce a list of names was the result of being clueless about world affairs, then...
