by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In a recent post about Brian Ross and the despicable behavior of ABC News, I included examples of what I categorized as deliberate and accidental media bias. Here’s a good (or perhaps I should say bad) example of accidental bias, demonstrating how statist premises get...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Regular readers know about Mitchell’s Golden Rule, which is the simple – but essential – notion that the burden of government spending shouldn’t grow faster than the private sector. Well, after reading this utterly depressing news about how the number of people riding...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
In their never-ending efforts to buy votes with other people’s money (see the first cartoon in this post), politicians have been expanding the welfare state and creating more dependency. This is bad for the overall economy because it means a larger burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In past posts, I’ve groused about food stamp abuse, including people using them to buy luxury coffee at Starbucks and to purchase steaks and lobster. I’ve complained about college kids scamming the program, the “Octo-Mom” mooching off the program, and the Obama...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The Obama campaign’s “Life of Julia” ad is a disturbing sign. It suggests that political strategists, pollsters, and campaign advisers must think that the people living off government are getting to the point where they can out-vote the people paying for government....
