by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
I periodically write posts about “Great Moments” in government. These usually feature some absurd example of stupidity and incompetence that only is possible when the world’s least competent people have power to coerce. Examples include: EU rules banning the selling...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Regular readers know that I don’t have high regard for government. I’m willing to believe just about anything bad about politicians and bureaucrats, and I am not the least bit surprised when I hear horror stories about counterproductive government programs riddled...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2011 | Blogs, Crime, Free Market, Society
Alex Tabarrok has a fascinating article in the Wilson Quarterly about the history of bail bondsmen and their role in this privatized segment of the criminal justice system. Let’s start by excerpting some history of the system. Bail began in medieval England as a...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2010 | Blogs, Government Waste
Here’s another remarkable story illustrating the incompetence of government. A bureaucrat in Norfolk, VA, got paid for 12 years (including benefits) without ever showing up for work. Depending on the agency, this may actually have been a good thing (I wish IRS...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I take second place to nobody in my view that government is horribly incompetent, but even I’m shocked by this story linked on Drudge. According to a news report out of Indiana, students who take the government’s driver’s ed class are four times more likely to crash...
