by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Uncategorized, Welfare and Entitlements
In the grand scheme of things, the Export-Import Bank isn’t the worst government program or the one that most needs to be abolished. Entitlement programs are a far bigger threat to America’s long-run fiscal stability the Ex-Im Bank, with Medicaid serving as a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
I don’t like coerced redistribution. When the government uses the threat of force to take from Person A to give to Person B, it simultaneously reduces Person A’s incentives to produce while also luring Person B into dependency. But not all coerced redistribution and...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2014 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs
I periodically try to explain that there’s a big difference between being pro-market and pro-business. Simply stated, policy makers shouldn’t try to penalize businesses with taxes,mandates, and regulations. But neither should politicians seek to subsidize...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition
The Export-Import Bank is noxiously corrupt example of crony capitalism. It never should have been created. But that’s something we could say about most government programs. So the real question is how to reverse the damage. If we reform a big program such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
You won’t know whether to laugh or cry after perusing these stories that will be added to our “great moments in government” collection. For instance, did you realize that American taxpayers were saddled with the responsibility to micro-manage agriculture in...
