by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
For the umpteenth time, a Washington Post columnist has a turgid piece urging the Republican Party to embrace big government. Normally this type of column is written by a graybeard establishmentarian like David Broder or E.J. Dionne, but Ruth Marcus has decided to...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Tax Competition, Taxation
Even though he’s allowing the budget to grow twice as fast as inflation, some people seem to think the new U.K. Prime Minster is a fiscal conservative. I’m skeptical. Not only is spending rising much too fast (there are promises of more restraint in the future, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of multi-guest panels, but I think this interview went well.
by CF&P | Sep 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Our tax system in America is an absurd nightmare, but at least we have some ability to monitor what is happening. We can’t get too aggressive (nobody wants the ogres at the IRS breathing down their necks), but at least we can adjust our withholding levels and control...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2010 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
Here’s some horrifying news from the United Kingdom, where the government-run healthcare system allowed 239 patients to die of malnutrition in 2007. Another 8,000-plus entered the system for malnutrition and actually deteriorated. In 2007, 239 patients died of...
