Lucky French Taxpayers Get an Obama-Style Flat Tax

by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs

I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal. But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good. Well, satire too often becomes reality in a world of greedy and corrupt politicians who think class-warfare is an acceptable guide...

Grim News from Greece about Grasping Government

by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe

I’m in Europe as part of a six-nation speaking tour, participating in the Free Market Road Show. My first speech was yesterday in Greece, which is infamous for a government that is insanely wasteful, even to the point of subsidizing pedophiles and requiring stool...

Let’s Fix the Real Obesity Problem in Washington

by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs

Whenever someone proposes that we need more intervention from the federal government, I always go to the Constitution and check Article I, Section VIII. This is because I’m old fashioned and I actually think the Founding Fathers weren’t joking when they granted only a...

How Bureaucrats and Politicians Conspire to Rip Off Taxpayers

by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending

I can say with great confidence that government bureaucrats are overpaid compared to people in the productive sector of the economy. Why am I sure that this is true, particularly when the so-called Federal Salary Council claims bureaucrats are underpaid? For the...

Where Are the European Spending Cuts?

by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian

Paul Krugman recently tried to declare victory for Keynesian economics over so-called austerity, but all he really accomplished was to show that tax-financed government spending is bad for prosperity. More specifically, he presented a decent case against the...