by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m like a broken record when it comes to entitlement spending. I’ve explained, ad nauseam, that programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and Social Security must be reformed. In part, genuine entitlement reform is a good idea because you get better economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
My main problem with Hillary Clinton is that she not only supports the bloated and enervating welfare state that already exists, but she wants to make it even bigger. Indeed, there’s only a very small gap between her and crazy Bernie Sanders when you examine their...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve
Over the years, I’ve run into oddball stories about what happens when politicians and bureaucrats get involved with matters relating to sex. California bureaucrats are regulating participants in porn films, ashumorously described by Mark Steyn. The World Bank is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
European economic analysts are paying too much attention to the United Kingdom and too little attention to Italy. Yes, the Brexit decision is important, and the United Kingdom is the world’s 5th-largest economy so it merits attention to see if there are any speed...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Exactly five years, I created a Declaration of Dependence for my statist readers. It was supposed to be satire, but after looking at some new estimates of dependency, I now wonder whether I accidentally foretold America’s future. Anyhow, here’s how my attempt to be...
