by Dan Mitchell | Apr 17, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As Ronald Reagan pointed out many years ago, Washington is a company town. But rather than being home to a firm or industry that earns money by providing value to willing consumers, the “company” is a federal government that uses a coercive tax system to provide...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Having lived in the Washington area for more than three decades, I have many friends who work for the federal government. Most of them will privately admit that they are very lucky since federal salaries and benefits are considerably higher than what they could earn...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats. While those images were amusing, they didn’t really capture the true nature of bureaucracy. For a more accurate look at life inside Leviathan, here’s a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 6, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics, Government Spending
Last year, I shared some remarkable research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development about the negative relationship between government spending and economic performance. The economists at the Paris-based bureaucracy looked at data from its...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Yesterday I shared some very good news about Brazil adopting a spending cap. Today, I also want to share some good news, though it’s not nearly as momentous. Indeed, it’s not even good news. Instead, it’s just that some bad news isn’t as bad as it used to be. I’m...
