by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Politicians in Europe have spent decades creating a fiscal crisis by violating Mitchell’s Golden Rule and letting the government grow faster than the private sector. As a result, government is far too big today, and nations such as Greece are in the process of fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste, Welfare and Entitlements
I must not be very bright. Even after decades of experience in Washington, I still have this naive belief that bureaucrats and politicians will occasionally do the right thing – even if for no other reason other than to cover their rear ends after being caught doing...
by Brian Garst | Jul 28, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
The federal government fires so few of it’s workers that bureaucrats at a number of agencies are more likely to die in office than get a pink slip: Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
Walter Williams has pointed out on many occasions that many government programs and initiatives exist primarily for the benefit of the bureaucracy, and he coined the phrase “poverty pimps” to describe the folks who get comfortable government jobs to operate programs...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Regulations
Or is it another example of the “wussification of America?” I don’t know how to classify this story, other than it is a sad commentary on what is happening to America. Bureaucrats in Maryland, who obviously have too much time on their hands, are issuing rules...
