by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs
I was on Fox News last week and unloaded on the General Motors bailout. I’m surprised I wasn’t foaming at the mouth. My conclusion is that people with honor and integrity should refuse to buy cars from companies that stole money from taxpayers.
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I haven’t commented much on earmarks, but an oped in today’s Washington Post was has goaded me into action. A former Reagan Administration appointee (the Gipper must be spinning in his grave), who now makes a living by selling our money to the highest bidder, made...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 20, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs
The President wants us to believe that the recent IPO for General Motors was a smashing success. And it was…if you believe that it’s a good idea to lose money (the direct cost of the bailout) and make the economy less efficient by misallocating resources (the indirect...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner has a great piece looking at the utterly indefensible panoply of ethanol subsidies and handouts that screw consumers and taxpayers in order to line the pockets of the politically powerful. Unfortunately, several senior GOP...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Peggy Noonan makes a compelling case in the Wall Street Journal that the Tea Party has rescued the GOP by allowing Republicans to escape the statist legacy of George W. Bush and forcing them to re-focus on the need to restrain big government. I’m not sure that she’s...
