by Dan Mitchell | Dec 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Every so often (about 362 days per year), I come to the conclusion that government is a racket for the benefit of special interests. Greece would be an example. And if we limit ourselves to the United States, California is probably the poster child for a kleptocracy...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve had several reasons to mock California in the past couple of years (see here, here, here, and here). But I never thought state politicians would be crazy enough to impose harsh regulations on babysitting. Filling out a time card for your babysitter sounds absurd,...
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 | 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...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 14, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, States
I’ve already had a couple of blog posts commenting on how Texas is kicking California’s you-know-what. Being a fiscal policy person, I always point to California’s punitive state income tax as an example of bad policy and highlight the absence of any income tax in...
