by CF&P | Feb 22, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 22, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Video Uses International Examples to Show that Limiting the Growth of Government Spending Is the Best Fiscal Policy...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
America faces a fiscal crisis. The burden of federal spending has doubled during the Bush-Obama years, a $2 trillion increase in just 10 years. But that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Because of demographic changes and poorly designed entitlement programs,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2011 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
This arrived in my inbox today. A quick search on the Internet reveals it is not a real article from a Canadian paper. But it is somewhat amusing, so enjoy. “Build a Damn Fence!” From The Manitoba Herald , Canada ; by Clive Runnels, December 1st 2010 The flood of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like most federal agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration is a costly bureaucracy. Its $16.4 billion budget is enormous, but that is just the direct cost borne by taxpayers. The indirect costs, such as inefficiencies imposed on the air transportation system,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
The G-20 gab-fest is in Canada this weekend, but Canadian taxpayers are definitely not winners. In a display of waste that might even embarrass a French politician, the Canadian government somehow is going to squander $1 billion hosting the event. I can’t even...
