by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The invaluable John Stossel has an entertaining and informative video that estimates how many handouts are being promised by Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Elizabeth Warren. Wow, how depressing. When I wrote about about the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage
Two months ago, I pointed out that San Francisco’s housing crisis was a “learnable moment” because some folks on the left actually now understand the negative consequences of government intervention. Now I’m wondering if we might actually have a learnable moment on...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
As reported by the Washington Examiner, Crazy Bernie thinks the American people will be happy to pay more taxes in exchange for more goodies from Washington. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said more taxes would be necessary in order to pay for things like...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
When writing about Bernie Sanders back in 2016, I put together a flowchart to identify different strains of statism. In part, I wanted to show that genuine socialists, with their advocacy of government ownership, central planning, and price controls, aren’t really the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bernie Sanders is a delusional hard-core statist, but that’s part of what makes him attractive for some voters. Simply stated, they think he’s authentic rather than a finger-in-the-wind politician. But I’m not so sure that’s true. I pointed out in 2015 that he’s not...
