by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending
I’ve almost exhausted my interest in California’s suicidal fiscal policy. How many times, after all, can you write about politicians over-taxing and over-spending to the point of economic ruin? But everyone has a cross to bear in life, and (if you allow me to mix my...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Back in February, I posted this startling map showing that 10 of America’s 15-richest counties are the bedroom communities surrounding Washington, DC. There’s a lot of money in Washington because federal bureaucrats are wildly overpaid, as I document in this video,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Education, Government Waste
Government bureaucrats are significantly overpaid compared to folks in the productive sector of the economy. So you would think I’d support cuts, especially the kind that get rid of excess blubber in the government workforce. But not when it means higher costs for...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I’ve reported some horror stories about bureaucrats ripping off taxpayers with lavish compensation packages, including: The chief bureaucrat of a low-income California city getting almost $800,000 per year. Cops in Oakland getting average compensation of $188,000. A...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Is it April Fool’s Day? Has somebody in Paris hacked the website at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development? Have we been transported to a parallel dimension where up is down and black is white? Please forgive all these questions. I’m trying to...
