by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
This isn’t intentional, but there’s been a European theme to this week’s posts. I wrote yesterday about economic chaos in France, and the previous day I wrote about the grim consequences of Italian statism. Today, we’re going to look at Greece. In the past, I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Health Care
The Bureaucrat Hall of Fame, created to highlight government workers who go above and beyond the call of duty, is apparently such a prestigious honor that there’s been a strong competition between Americans and foreigners to engage in behavior that merits this great...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Three years ago, I shared a chart about the fiscal burden of the welfare state, calling it the picture that says a thousand word. It’s astounding, after all, that taxpayers spend so much money on means-tested programs and get such miserable results. Indeed, if we took...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
Since the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame is getting crowded, I’ve decided we need a system to limit new entrants. So today we’re doing an experiment. We’ll look at two separate stories about lazy and overpaid bureaucrats, and the comments section (vote here) will determine...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I’ve used the “everything you ever wanted to know” hook on many occasions, dealing with diverse issues such as demographics, entitlements, fiscal policy,France, Greece, corporate inversions, supply-side economics, income inequality, the Ryan budget, Social Security...
