by Dan Mitchell | Jan 16, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When politicians create programs and announce projects, they routinely lie about the real costs. Their primary goal is to get initial approval for various boondoggles and they figure it will be too late to reverse path once it becomes apparent that something will cost...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
I don’t often use the literary tactic of referring to something as the “best-ever.” Indeed, the only time that phrase appeared in the title of a column was back in 2014 when I smugly wrote about the collapse of government-run single-payer healthcare in Vermont....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m very happy that we don’t have a one-world government, but my views have nothing to do with conspiratorial fears involving blue helmets and black helicopters. Instead, I’m happy that there are lots of independent nations because that means lots of different...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2016 | Blogs, Society
The concept of secession (part of a jurisdiction breaking away to become independent) has a bad reputation in the United States because it is linked to the reprehensible institution of slavery. But, as Walter Williams has explained, secession today may be an effective...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
I shared a very amusing column last year about “a modest proposal” to reduce income inequality. Written tongue-in-cheek by David Azerrad of the Heritage Foundation, the premise was that society could be made more “fair” by exiling – or perhaps even selling to the...
