by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Chalk up another victory – at least on the rhetorical level – for the Tea Party. President Obama will release his fiscal year 2012 budget tomorrow and he’s apparently become a born-again fiscal conservative. Here are some excerpts from a Washington Post story....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I am pleasantly stunned that GOP leaders have increased the level of cuts in the bill that will fund the government for the final seven months of fiscal year 2011. Kudos to the freshman members, the Tea Party, and the conservatives who have led the charge and achieved...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity gives four reasons why big government is bad fiscal policy. I particularly like the explanation of how government spending undermines growth by diverting labor and capital from the productive sector of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m disappointed, but not surprised, to read in the Washington Post that President Obama has decided against any changes to restrain Social Security spending. He’ll still probably subject us to pious and insincere rhetoric about fighting red ink in tonight’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
It may not be very nice to say “I told you so” when the warnings you issue become reality, but I’m not a nice person (at least when it comes to greedy politicians imposing stupid policy). So I’ll openly admit that I’m happy to read that entrepreneurs and job creators...
