by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending, Health Care
I used to think I was in favor of every possible step to reduce the burden of government spending. Are agricultural subsidies wasteful and corrupt? Yes, so get rid of the Department of Agriculture. Is Medicaid spending out of control? Yes, so cap outlay growth and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2012 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
I’m not a fan of the American healthcare system. It suffers from huge inefficiencies because of problems such as third-party payer, which is caused by government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid along with a system of tax code-driven over-insurance in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
If you live in America and believe in free markets and small government, it’s easy to get depressed. We suffered through eight years of wasteful spending and misguided intervention under Bush, and now we’re enduring four years of additional spending and red tape under...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last week about David Gauke, a simpering and unctuous statist who said it was “morally wrong” for people to pay cash for services because that made it harder for the state to seize a share of the proceeds. And last month I condemned the country’s CINO...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Back in 2010, I excoriated the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, noting that David Cameron was increasing tax rates and expanding the burden of government spending (including an increase in the capital gains tax!). I also criticized Cameron for leaving in...
