by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
I almost feel sorry for my leftist friends. Whenever there’s a story about a crazed shooter, they invariably speculate that it’s someone affiliated with the Tea Party. So they must be sad when it turns out to be a random nut or in some cases a leftist. Similarly, when...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Since I’m an advocate of smaller government, you might imagine I’m perpetually depressed. After all, I work in Washington where I’m vastly outnumbered by people who specialize in looting and mooching. At times, I feel like a missionary in a house of ill repute. But I...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
There’s an old saying that you shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you. Unfortunately, politicians in Washington don’t follow that advice. Let me explain. All economic theories – even Marxism and socialism – agree that capital formation is a necessary condition for...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
There’s a Terror Wing in the Moocher Hall of Fame, so I guess it stands to reason that I should create a French Wing of the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame. After all, few nations can compete with France in the contest to over-tax and over-spend. And a lot of that spending...
by Dan Mitchell | May 14, 2015 | Blogs, Tax Havens, Taxation
While the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame and Moocher Hall of Fame already exist, the Hypocrite Hall of Fame is just a concept. But once it gets set up, Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida will definitely be a charter member. Here are some passages from a column in the Tampa...
