Too Bad Obama Cares More about Kowtowing to Unions rather than Saving Tax Dollars and Improving Quality of Air Travel

by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy

I used to have lots of posts about TSA inefficiency and stupidity, but then I got discouraged and stopped. It seemed pointless to discuss the issue when there was no hope for improvement. I still think that’s the case, at least so long as Obama is in the White House...

In Perfect Symbol of How Government Treats Taxpayers, Postal Worker Keeps Job after Getting Caught Defecating in Someone’s Yard

by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy

What’s the difference between a real job and working for the government? I used the think the answer was that bureaucrats are overpaid, usually for being in positions that shouldn’t even exist. Then I thought the difference was that bureaucrats got lavish benefits,...

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…No, It’s Super-Bureaucrat

by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education, Government Spending

I’ve had dozens of posts about overpaid bureaucrats. Indeed, I’ve largely stopped blogging about the topic because it is so depressing to constantly be reminded about how a privileged class of people is manipulating the system to coercively obtain undeserved...

From East Coast to West Coast, Bureaucrats Are Ripping Off Taxpayers

by Dan Mitchell | May 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

Let’s start in Washington, where USA Today reports that there are “at least 17,828 federal employees whose annualized salaries totaled $180,000 or more in September 2010.” That’s rather distressing news for taxpayers, but these excerpts from the story provide...

Just How Many Jobs Can Firing One Bureaucrat Create?

by Brian Garst | May 4, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Regulations

I mentioned the other day a claim from CEI that regulatory burdens cost the economy nearly $2 trillion in 2008. The Phoenix Center also recently produced a policy bulletin examining the costs of the regulatory state (Hat-tip: Big Government). In quantifying the...