by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve written many times about politicians and bureaucrats screwing taxpayers with lavish compensation packages, but this story from Philadelphia is jaw dropping. Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco is retiring Friday, but only so she can collect a $478,057 pension check and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve commented many times about wasteful government spending, including Social Security bureaucrats spending $700 thousand to party at a luxury resort, HUD bureaucrats giving huge subsidies for welfare recipients to live in upscale neighborhoods, rampant fraud in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The left wanted to get one thing from the Supercommittee, and that was to seduce gullible Republicans into a 1990-style tax increase deal in order to enable bigger government. But I was pleasantly surprised when GOPers failed to surrender, which means that taxpayers...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As part of his latest “stimulus” scam, President Obama argues that the federal government should spend more money on infrastructure. Yet there is widespread evidence that politicians use such projects to squander money – often in exchange for contributions from...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
While I’ve been somewhat critical of Senator Coburn’s willingness to raise taxes, I’ve never doubted that he is a sincere and tireless fighter for smaller government. Indeed, his staff periodically share examples of government waste that boggle the mind, though I...
