Tag Archives : Government intervention
Subsidized Terrorism Insurance: Another Example of Unjust Corporate Welfare
It’s particularly upsetting when politicians and bureaucrats hurt ordinary people to line the pockets of the rich.
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Great Moments in Taxing, Spending, and Regulating
If government is the answer, you’ve asked a very silly question.
read more...How Big Government Sabotages Poor People and Enriches Well-Connected Fat Cats
Advocates for the Export-Import Bank are resorting to lies to justify the corrupt institution.
read more...Government Screws Up Everything: The Internet Version
Is there some compelling reason to give politicians and bureaucrats power over the Internet?
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The Obama Administration Wants Another Housing Bubble
Even though we just suffered through a housing bubble/collapse thanks to misguided government intervention, Obama’s people are pursuing the same policies today.
read more...Has Italy Passed the Point of No Return for Statism and Big Government?
Decades of large government are taking their toll on Italy. Past generations mortgaged the future to support unsustainable policies, and now the bills are coming due.
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Statist Policy and the Great Depression
It’s difficult to promote good economic policy when some policy makers have a deeply flawed grasp of history. This is why I’ve tried to educate people, for instance, that government intervention bears the blame for the 2008 financial crisis, not capitalism or deregulation. Going back in time, I’ve also explained the truth about “sweatshops” and “robber barons.” […]
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America’s Ever-Expanding Regulatory Swamp
Maybe I’m biased because I mostly work on fiscal policy, but it certainly seems feasible to come up with rough estimates for the damage caused by onerous taxes and excessive spending. On a personal level, for instance, we have a decent idea of how much the government takes from us and we know the aggravation […]
read more...Financed by American Tax Dollars, the OECD Endorses Obama’s Statist Agenda for the U.S. Economy
I hate to sound like a broken record, but the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is once again pushing for bigger and more intrusive in the United States. The international bureaucracy’s “Economic Survey” of the United States reads like it was produced by some interns at the Democratic National Committee. Since the OECD […]
read more...Lower Tax Rates vs. Targeted Tax Credits, Part II
I wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal last week about the policy debate over whether it’s better to lower tax rates or to provide targeted tax cuts for parents. Since this meant I was wading into a fight between so-called reform conservatives (or “reformicons”) and traditional conservatives (or “supply-siders”), I wasn’t surprised to learn that not everyone […]
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