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...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
The Food and Drug Administration has a rather dismal track record. Imposing a lengthy and expensive drug-approval process, leading to thousands of premature deaths.A bungled and incompetent response to the Covid pandemic.Its regulatory assault...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
Because of misguided government policies, health care in America is expensive and inefficient. But it’s always possible to have a system that is even worse. I have often cited the United Kingdom, which has genuine socialism (government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I have a series of columns analyzing “Great Moments in Foreign Government” to show that other countries have politicians and bureaucrats who are just as foolish as their American counterparts. I guess this is the policy version of “misery loves company.” And it’s also...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Way back in 2009, in the early days of writing this column, I shared an image that aptly summarizes the bad things that happen when politicians interfere with economic liberty. The simple message is that more government is almost always the wrong answer....
