by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The Associated Press has a thorough story looking at the utter failure in the War on Drugs. In part, this is a predictable result of government incompetence, akin to the War on Poverty. And just as the so-called War on Poverty has negative side effects such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 17, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Taxation
A former White House speechwriter, Mark Thiessen, has jumped to the defense of his former boss, writing for the Washington Post that George W. Bush “established a conservative record without parallel.” Even by the loose standards of Washington, that is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Taxation
I have a column in the Washington Times speculating on ways we could lower our tax bills if we could use the same creative accounting that the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation used to help impose Obamacare on the nation: If you’re...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
A recent poll, conducted in early January, shows that the America people are catching on to the stimulus scam. Three-fourths of respondents believe that at least one-half of the money has been wasted. Here’s a brief excerpt from the CNN story, which includes a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
George Bush ranks as one of America’s most fiscally irresponsible presidents. He increased overall spending from $1.8 trillion to $3.5 trillion and most of that new spending was used to create or expand domestic programs (no-bureaucrat-left-behind education...
