by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve been arguing for a long time that we need tax simplification rather than a bigger budget for the IRS. The clowns in Washington have a different perspective, however, and they approved the Biden-Harris plan to dramatically...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Canada has (or had) some very sensible policies involving school choice, welfare reform, corporate tax reform, bank bailouts, regulatory budgeting, spending restraint, the tax treatment of saving, and privatization of...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
Governments are inherently inefficient and incompetent. But some of them are worse than others. Looking at states, places such as Illinois, California, and New Jersey seem to be the worst of the worst. But New York also...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
The burden of government is expanding because of Joe Biden’s three most-notable legislative “accomplishments.” The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act. Big subsidies for the high-tech sector. An infrastructure boondoggle scheme. Today, let’s focus on the third...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
Yesterday’s column looked at featherbedding in the Washington bureaucracy. Lots of overpaid middle managers and more boxes on the federal flowchart. Basically, the real-world version of this satirical meme. Today, let’s look at mindless incompetence by a foreign...
