by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I cared a lot about the 1995-96 shutdown and the 2013 shutdown because those were battles involving the size and scope of government. But I don’t have a dog in the current fight over immigration and border security. That being said, I told Neil Cavuto that there are...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Bernie Sanders is yesterday’s news. Yes, he’s still lovable ol’ Crazy Bernie, but he’s now being overshadowed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, another out-of-the-closet socialist who somehow thinks America should be more like Greece or Venezuela. Brian Riedl...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote a column earlier this month about the “world’s most depressing tweet,” which came from the Census Bureau and noted that the suburbs of Washington, DC, are the richest parts of America. To be sure, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole since a tweet about...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
What’s the most inefficient and wasteful part of the federal government? It’s impossible to answer that question without greater detail. Are we supposed to identify the worst cabinet-level department? If that’s the case, then bureaucracies such as the Department of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Maybe there’s hope for France. When Greeks, Belgians, and the Brits riot, it’s because they want more handouts. The French, by contrast, have taken to the streets to protest higher taxes. And they have plenty of reasons to be upset, as the Wall Street Journal reports....
