by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy
I’ve commented on the corruption of the Solyndra scandal, but it’s important to understand this is not just a story of sleaze. From an economic perspective, the real problem is that green-energy programs cause a misallocation of capital. Simply stated, government...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Regular readers of this blog already know (see here, here, and here) that I’m not a big fan of the new “CFL” light bulbs that we will be forced to use in a couple of years. In a more entertaining fashion, here’s a video from a few years ago, featuring a Republican...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
Here’s a new video from the Taxpayers Alliance in the United Kingdom exposing how left-wing environmental groups get funded by government handouts. David Cameron supposedly is being tough on spending, but I’ve already revealed that overall spending is climbing at...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I was interviewed by CNN about the issues relating to Congressman Barton’s apology to BP. The network only used one of my quotes from the interview, and I was happy to see that I was not taken out of context (always a danger when you are taped in advance). To augment...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
That’s my reaction to Robert Reich’s crazy idea to put the nation’s least competent people in charge of British Petroleum. I’m not a big fan of BP, especially since it oozes political correctness (just think of their stupid ads where they claim BP stands for “beyond...
