by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
An utterly depressing statistic is that the Washington, D.C.-area is now the richest region of the country. At the risk of understatement, that wealth is largely unearned. It’s mostly a reflection of overpaid bureaucrats, greedy politicians, fat-cat...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
The Bureaucrat Hall of Fame recognizes government employees who go above and beyond the call of duty in terms of getting over-paid or being under-worked. Or both. Adding insult to injury, many recipients of this award are employed by bureaucracies that shouldn’t even...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, States
When I gave readers an opportunity to select their favorite political cartoonist back in 2013, they picked Michael Ramirez. And I can understand, given the excellent options that I shared (here, here, here, and here). But I now think I overlooked his true masterpiece,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 9, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I periodically will make use of “most depressing” in the title of a column when sharing bad news. And new data from the Census Bureau definitely qualifies as bad news. It confirms what I’ve written about how the Washington region has become the richest part of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Featured
President Trump has proposed a one-year pay freeze for federal bureaucrats, which has reinvigorated the debate over whether compensation levels for the civil service are too lavish. The Washington Post opines this is nothing but “government bashing,” but...
