by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Yesterday’s column looked at which states had the biggest unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pensions, with Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Kentucky being the worst of the worst. Today, courtesy of the good work of Geoffrey Lawrence, Jordan Campbell...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2024 | Blogs, States
The ideal pension system for workers is defined-contribution accounts – such as IRAs or 401(k)s – which is why it is so encouraging that many nations have moved in that direction. One advantage of that approach is that, by definition, there are no...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
During Trump’s first term, he was a big spender. He even wound up increasing domestic spending at a faster rate than Barack Obama. What can we expect in a second term? A week after the election, as part of my “Second Edition of Trump” series, I speculated...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Much to my surprise, the United States is going to have a second Trump presidency. To assess what that means, especially considering his mixed performance during his first four years, I’m going to write a series of columns about the potential policy...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
In 2023, we added a D.C. cop and an Italian teacher to the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame, which is an award bestowed on government employees who “have gone above and beyond the call of duty” in strange, disgusting,...
