by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
eronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center has a very good – but somewhat depressing – analysis of the fiscal crisis in Greece. She basically concludes that bailouts will continue because nobody in Europe is willing to do the right thing. This got me thinking about what...
by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2011 | Bailouts, Blogs, Europe
Yesterday, I took aim at a truly pathetic human being who lives as an “adult baby.” But what got me upset was not his lifestyle, but rather the fact that he was mooching off the taxpayers thanks to the dumb bureaucrats at the Social Security Administration, who...
by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society
I certainly take second place to nobody in my utter contempt for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund. Who knew that forcing yourself (allegedly) on women could earn you a reputation as “the Great Seducer”? I guess my failure to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
On rare occasions, I dream about being a politician or high-level international bureaucrat. Not because I want to be a moocher (please put me out of my misery if that ever happens), but because I periodically read about some sleazy interest group making petulant...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs
The International Monetary Fund is a great place to work – at least for those who don’t feel guilty about getting extravagant salaries from taxpayers. And what do IMF bureaucrats do for the money we pay them (American taxpayers finance the biggest share of the...
