by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Supporting free enterprise does not mean supporting big companies. Why? Because as John Stossel and Tim Carney discuss, big businesses are more than willing to get into bed with big government and oppose capitalism. The goal should be genuine consumer-driven,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
A big argument for free enterprise over statism is that the former delivers growth while the latter leads to stagnation. And that’s very apparent when you review decades of data. The case for capitalism is especially powerful if you care...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Yesterday’s column explained that lobbyists are big winners when the size and scope of government increases. For instance, a bigger budget means special interests hire lobbyists to obtain ever-larger slices of pork.Moreover, added red...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I went to the archives for a video yesterday, let’s do the same thing today. Here’s my 2009 video about the close link between the size of government and the level of corruption. I’m recycling this video because President Biden and his allies in Congress are...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I don’t like shoveling more money at a corrupt IRS, hurting jobs with higher taxes on “book income,” price controls on prescription drugs, or green-energy pork. But, as explained in this video clip, the insult added to injury is that the...
