by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
A former Cato colleague, Will Wilkinson, made one of the most astute and powerful observations I have ever read when he wrote that, “…the more power the government has to pick winners and losers, the more power rich people will have relative to poor people.”I thought...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation
Republicans did a terrible job last time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Since I’m involuntarily forced to finance National Public Radio, I guess I should be happy that free-market views occasionally are allowed on air. Click here to listen to a segment where I talk about earmarks, “phonemarks,” and special interest corruption in...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
There’s a lot of attention being paid to yesterday’s landslide vote in the House to prevent a big tax increase next year. If you’re a glass-half-full optimist, you will be celebrating the good news for taxpayers. If you’re a glass-half empty pessimist, you will be...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I have a piece in this morning’s New York Post, and I did not try to be polite. Commenting on the end-of-year orgy on Capitol Hill, I slam corrupt deal making that leads to ever-bigger government. Here’s part of what I say about the “omnibus” spending bill. The weeks...
