by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending
As a taxpayer, I don’t like the fact that government employees get paid more than folks in the private sector. But the big difference between bureaucrats and regular workers isn’t so much the pay, it’s the fringe benefits. And perhaps the biggest difference of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
I’m impressed, in a dark and gloomy way. I thought the Italian healthcare official who showed up for work only 15 days in a nine-year period set the record for bureaucratic loafing. Based on longevity of laxity, he definitely out-did the San Francisco paper pusher who...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
We have some good news to share. A government has just announced that it is going to end the unfair practice of giving government bureaucrats pension benefits that are far greater than those available for workers in the economy’s productive sector. Can you guess which...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I can’t help but wonder whether the song made famous by The Grinch Who Stole Christmas should be the theme song for the Internal Revenue Service. After all,that bureaucracy is “as cuddly as a cactus” and “as charming as an eel.” And it appears that having “the tender...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
I like to think that I occasionally put together interesting and persuasive charts on fiscal policy. For instance, I think it’s virtually impossible to make a credible argument for tax hikes after looking at my chart showing how easy it is to balance the budget with...
