by Dan Mitchell | Dec 15, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
I sometimes get irked when I read columns by David Brooks. He’s sort of the token Republican at the New York Times, so he has a very important perch that could be used to educate an important audience about the harmful impact of excessive government. And Brooks often...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When you work in Washington (and assuming you haven’t been corrupted), you run the risk of being endlessly outraged about all the waste. But not all waste is created equal. Some examples are so absurd that they deserve special attention. Forcing taxpayers to pay...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Back in February, I said Australia probably was the country most likely to survive and prosper as much of the world suffered fiscal collapse and social chaos. In hindsight, I probably should have mentioned Canada as an option, in part because of pro-growth reforms in...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
How Disappointing, but how predictable. Politicians approved legislation in 2011 that was supposed to impose a modest bit of spending restraint over the next 10 years. It wasn’t much. The enforcement mechanism, known as sequestration, merely was supposed to guarantee...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
There’s a saying in the sports world about how last-minute comebacks are examples of “snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.” I don’t like that phrase because it reminds me of the painful way my beloved Georgia Bulldogs were defeated a couple of weeks ago by...
