by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
President Trump’s new budget is getting attacked by politicians and interest groups in Washington. These critics say the budget cuts are too severe and draconian. My main reaction is to wonder whether these people are illiterate and/or innumerate. After all, even a...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
While President Trump apparently intends to waste taxpayer money for more childcare subsidies and presumably is going to duck the critical issue of entitlement reform, there is some good news for advocates of limited government and fiscal responsibility....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
At the start of the year, I argued that capitalism was the way to get more growth in poor nations. Foreign aid, by contrast, hasn’t worked very well. …there’s a big difference between good intentions and good results. If you examine the evidence, it turns out that...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
There are many reasons why I’m not a big fan of the United Nations. Like other international bureaucracies, it supports statist policies (higher taxes, gun control, regulation, etc) that hinder economic development and limit human liberty by increasing the burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Since I’m an advocate of smaller government, you might imagine I’m perpetually depressed. After all, I work in Washington where I’m vastly outnumbered by people who specialize in looting and mooching. At times, I feel like a missionary in a house of ill repute. But I...
