by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve repeatedly explained that Keynesian economics doesn’t work because any money the government spends must first be diverted from the productive sector of the economy, which means either higher taxes or more red ink. So unless one actually thinks that politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I can say with great confidence that government bureaucrats are overpaid compared to people in the productive sector of the economy. Why am I sure that this is true, particularly when the so-called Federal Salary Council claims bureaucrats are underpaid? For the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Check out some of the ridiculous details about the woman who has earned the title of California’s Golden Bureaucrat. Alameda County supervisors have really taken to heart the adage that government should run like a business — rewarding County Administrator Susan...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
When I first read this story in the Washington Post about supposedly under-appreciated federal bureaucrats, I was tempted to focus on the sentence referring to “the sledgehammer of budget cuts scheduled to hit today.” Is the Washington Post so biased and/or clueless...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Texas is in much better shape than California. Taxes are lower, in part because Texas has no state income tax. No wonder the Lone Star State is growing faster and creating more jobs. And the gap will soon get even wider since California voters recently decided to...
