by Dan Mitchell | Nov 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
I’ve done a video on excessive compensation for bureaucrats and I’ve written many times about wasteful spending, but here’s a cartoon that manages to effectively combine both concepts. If your eyes are getting old like mine, you may need to click on the image to read...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Politicians in Europe have spent decades creating a fiscal crisis by violating Mitchell’s Golden Rule and letting the government grow faster than the private sector. As a result, government is far too big today, and nations such as Greece are in the process of fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste, Welfare and Entitlements
I must not be very bright. Even after decades of experience in Washington, I still have this naive belief that bureaucrats and politicians will occasionally do the right thing – even if for no other reason other than to cover their rear ends after being caught doing...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
Walter Williams has pointed out on many occasions that many government programs and initiatives exist primarily for the benefit of the bureaucracy, and he coined the phrase “poverty pimps” to describe the folks who get comfortable government jobs to operate programs...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Regular readers know that I don’t have high regard for government. I’m willing to believe just about anything bad about politicians and bureaucrats, and I am not the least bit surprised when I hear horror stories about counterproductive government programs riddled...
