by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I generally don’t feel a special degree of animosity for the internal revenue service. After all, it’s the politicians who have created the 74,000-plus page monstrosity of a tax code. Blaming the IRS for enforcing that system is like blaming the police for the drug...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve argued that the crowd in Washington profits by plundering America, but that’s just part of the equation. There are also plenty of big companies that have their snouts in the public trough. No wonder many people have become disgusted Writing for the Wall Street...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
I don’t like coerced redistribution. When the government uses the threat of force to take from Person A to give to Person B, it simultaneously reduces Person A’s incentives to produce while also luring Person B into dependency. But not all coerced redistribution and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending
I’ve been banging the drum for years about Washington being a racket for the benefit of politicians, cronyists, bureaucrats, contractors, lobbyists, interest groups, and other insiders. I’ve written about horrific examples of bloated spending that line the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
I sometimes think that CF&P’s work of trying to change Washington must be akin to working at a church in the middle of Amsterdam’s red light district. In both cases, you’re wildly outnumbered by people with a different outlook on life. And it’s not that easy...
