by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
When I discuss corporate welfare, my first example is usually the Export-Import Bank. It galls me that taxpayers are coerced into subsidizing some of the world’s biggest corporations. And since I’m an economist, I also don’t like how these subsidies undermine the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
When people ask me why I mock government for being a slovenly, bloated, and malicious entity, I’m sometimes not sure what to say. Do I give them examples of corrupt corporate welfare? Do I share instances of government thuggery? Do I direct them to preposterous...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
I don’t like coerced redistribution. When the government uses the threat of force to take from Person A to give to Person B, it simultaneously reduces Person A’s incentives to produce while also luring Person B into dependency. But not all coerced redistribution and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
When I read that the Obama Administration wants to regulate the Internet by having the Federal Communications Commission impose “net neutrality” rules, my immediate response is to be opposed. Does my opposition to more regulation and red tape make me a knee-jerk...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
More than 100 years ago, George Santayana famously warned that, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” At the time, he may have been gazing in a crystal ball and looking at what the Obama Administration is doing today. That’s because the...
