by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I’ve used the “everything you ever wanted to know” hook on many occasions, dealing with diverse issues such as demographics, entitlements, fiscal policy,France, Greece, corporate inversions, supply-side economics, income inequality, the Ryan budget, Social Security...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I wrote back in June that I was relieved about a bureaucrat from the National Weather Service getting elected to the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame. I realize I was being jingoistic, but after selecting bureaucrats from France and India, I had been worried that foreigners...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
I created the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame as a way of giving special attention to government employees who go above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts to get paid way too much in exchange for doing far too little. While my standard practice is to bestow this...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending
I’m not a huge fan of government bureaucrats. But not because they’re bad people. Yes, there are repugnant hacks in the civil service like Lois Lerner, but most bureaucrats I’ve met are good people. My objection is that they work for departments that shouldn’t exist...
by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Health Care
When one thinks about all the Obamacare lies, it’s difficult to identify the worst one. Was it when we were told we could keep our doctors? Or when we were told we could keep our insurance (here’s thehumorous version)? How about when we were told costs would come...
