Does Your Family Have an Extra $5,500 to Pay the Higher Energy Taxes Proposed by the Bureaucrats at the IMF (Who Get Tax-Free Salaries)?

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 29, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation

If asked to name my least-favorite international bureaucracy, the easy answer would be the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. After all, it was only a few days ago that I outlined different ways that the Paris-based bureaucracy is seeking to expand...

How Many Bureaucrats Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2012 | Blogs, Uncategorized

I posted the other day about the federal government giving $10 million of our tax dollars to a private company for developing an “affordable” light bulb that costs $50. Now, thanks to the pen of Alexander Hoffman (creator of this gem), we have an excellent cartoon to...

Australia’s Shameful Stifling of Free Speech and Political Dissent

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs

I haven’t written much on the global-warming debate, other than to warn about how agenda-driven government funding is corrupting scientific inquiry and to mock nutjob extremists who assert climate change will cause catastrophes ranging from genocide to AIDS. But I...

Global Warming Protest!

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized

Al Gore really knows how to get a good turnout.

The Politicians Are Taking Away Our Light, so We Should Make Them Feel the Heat

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations

I’ve already commented here and here on the government forcing us to use inferior lightbulbs. The bad news is becoming worse news. Here’s a story from England that was linked on Instapundit, showing how big business (which conspired with the politicians to get rid of...