by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
In 2014, I wrote about the Italian bureaucrat who worked only 15 days over a nine-year period. Earlier this year, I wrote about the more industrious (relatively speaking, of course) Italian bureaucrat who worked four years over a 24-year period....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2023 | Blogs
I created the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame to give recognition to government employees who confirm our worst suspicions about being lazy and overpaid. Or worse. Getting selected is not easy. For instance, the bureaucrats from the New Orleans...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2023 | Blogs
My biggest complaint about bureaucrats is that many of them work at departments and agencies that should be eliminated. But I also don’t like that they get overpaid compared to workers in the productive sector of the economy. To make matters...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
My primary problem with bureaucrats is that they often work for agencies and departments that should not exist. My secondary problem is that they generally get overcompensated compared to workers in the economy’s productive sector. And my...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Health Care
One thing that became very apparent during the pandemic is that government schools are mostly run for the benefit of bureaucrats rather than students. Not that any of us should have been surprised. The same is true for other...
