by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
The “appearance of impropriety” is often considered the Washington standard for corruption and misbehavior. With that in mind, alarm bells began ringing in my head when I read this Washington Times report about Jacob Lew, Obama’s nominee to head the Office of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2010 | Blogs
Advocates of limited government generally focus on domestic spending, pork-barrel projects, and entitlement programs. This is target-rich territory, to be sure, and especially inviting because most of the relevant programs and department shouldn’t exist. But just...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
The competition to be the Greece of America has a lot of contestants. California and Illinois certainly are strong candidates. New Jersey was an early favorite, though Gov. Christie is actually doing some good things and pulling the state back from the precipice. But...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs, Crime, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens
In an amusing coincidence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and I were both in Latin America this week offering fiscal policy advice. But it won’t surprise you to know that Mrs. Clinton’s suggestions are radically different than the advice I provided....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2010 | Blogs, Education
The invaluable Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner is an expert at exposing the corruption of big government, and his article about for-profit colleges and government-subsidized tuition shows that everybody involved in this fight is sleazy. Unfortunately, no matter...
