by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
As a public finance economist, I normally focus on big-picture issues such as the economically debilitating effect of excessive government spending and punitive taxation. But as a human being, what irks me most about big government is the way that insiders use the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Back in 2013, I got very upset when I learned that senior bureaucrats at the IRS awarded themselves big bonuses, notwithstanding the fact that the agency wasdeeply tarnished by scandal because of its efforts to help Obama’s reelection campaign. That’s when I decided...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve written (some would say excessively) about the fact that America has too many bureaucrats and that they’re paid too much. That’s true in Washington. That’s true at the state level. And it’s true for local governments. But since I’m a big believer in beating a...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
My biggest complaint about government employees is that they work for bureaucracies that shouldn’t exist. As far as I’m concerned, they may be the most wonderful, conscientious, and hard-working people in the world, but we shouldn’t have a Department of Housing and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
The Transportation Security Administration has become infamous over the years for things that it doesn’t allow on planes. Consider these examples of the Keystone Cops in action. Confiscating a plastic hammer from a mentally retarded man. Detaining a woman for carrying...
