by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
If misery loves company, we can be very happy with these two stories about over-compensated bureaucrats from outside our borders. The first comes from Europe, where the Daily Telegraph reports that pension costs are skyrocketing for bureaucrats with the European...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Government Waste
Using road management as an example, John Stossel explains that government does a worse job than the private sector, even at things that theoretically are a government responsibility. Part of this is because of the profit motive, to be sure, but a big reason is...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
A very depressing story in USA Today reveals that federal bureaucrats are making more than twice as much as people in the productive sector of the economy. Even worse, the advantage for bureaucrats has jumped from $30K to $62K during the spendaholic Bush-Obama years....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
You know that bureaucrats are getting wildly overcompensated if even the New York Times is publishing articles about the problem. The article notes that there is a nationwide problem, and then cites developments in Colorado, where lawmakers actually took a tiny step...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Julie Murphy is obviously a dangerous criminal. What else would you call a 7-year-old girl who does something as dangerous and illegal as operating a lemonade stand without getting a $120 temporary restaurant license? Fortunately, the health and safety of the people...
