by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As you can imagine, there’s a lot to choose from in the contest for the most spectacular waste of tax dollars. But the politicians in Oregon must really want the prize, because they managed to flush several hundred million dollars down a rat hole by putting together a...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Taxation
Last year, I conducted an informal poll at a conference in Paris. I explained to the audience that the public sector consumed about 57 percent of the French economy and I asked them whether they got more services and better government than the people of Germany (where...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2014 | Blogs, States
I’ve been asked whether I’m a hypocrite because I support decentralization while at the same time being critical of state and local governments. I don’t think there’s any inconsistency in my position. Here’s some of what I wrote last July. I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
The President’s new budget has been unveiled. There are lots of provisions that deserve detailed attention, but I always look first at the overall trends. Most specifically, I want to see what’s happening with the burden of government spending. And you probably won’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Every so often, I share stories about the ridiculous and outrageous way in which the federal government squanders our money. So when I saw this New York Post story about the feds pissing away a six-figure sum on condom research, I figured this would be a perfect...
