Why Do I Hate Republicans? Let Me Count the Ways.

by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market

Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but I had to paraphrase her famous line after reading this Bill McGurn column in the Wall Street Journal about how Republican poliitcal hacks in the Illinois state legislature voted to kill a voucher bill that would have...

I Hate the Greeks (and the French, and the Brits, and the Americans).

by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Europe, Free Market, Uncategorized

Actually, that’s too broad of a brush, but I do despise people of any nationality who think that they are entitled to mooch off the labor and capital of others. I also fear for my country because of such people. Benjamin Franklin is rumored to have said that,...

Act of Congress to Protect Against Acts of God

by Geoffrey MacLeay | May 11, 2010 | Bailouts, Big Government, Free Market

Eli Lehrer writes in the Weekly Standard this week about a bill from Congressman Ron Klein that seems to be companion legislation to Congressman Richard Neal’s Reinsurance Bill.  The article correctly points out the anti-market effects of such legislation:  Those who...

Complicated Banking Regulations and Double Taxation Hurt Americans Abroad.

by Geoffrey MacLeay | Apr 26, 2010 | Free Market, Taxation

The New York Times ran an article this week about an increasing number of Americans living and working abroad who are considering taking the drastic step of giving up their American citizenship.  Most of these expats would ideally like to maintain their citzenship but...

Obama Is Not a Socialist.

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market

Newt Gingrich writes in the Washington Post to defend his assertion that Obama is a socialist. He cites several examples of the President’s big-government agenda, which are excerpted below. These are all examples of bad policy, to be sure, but other than the...