by Dan Mitchell | Apr 23, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In the past seven months, I’ve used my 20th Theorem of Government to analyze three countries (France, Brazil, Colombia) and two states (Maryland, Washington). All of those case studies were examples of “fiscal deterioration,” which occurs when politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In 2020, I crunched numbers from OMB’s Historical Tables to rank the fiscal performance of nine recent presidents, going all the way back to LBJ. I was especially interested to see which presidents did best and worst when looking on overall...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
I’m a fan of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) because we desperately need spending restraint. I’ve even offered a few suggestions of how to save money. Federalism OECD subsidies Government media Air traffic control Redistribution Time will...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
I often cite the 20th Theorem of Government (France, Brazil, Colombia, Maryland) to emphasize the danger of spending profligacy. Today, let’s add the state of Washington to that list. We’ll start with a chart from Americans for Tax Reform...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’m in Brazil for a speech to the Fórum da Liberdade, where I’ll be speaking on “The Future of the Global Order” and explaining the difference between good globalization and bad globalism. Given the topic dominating the news, I’ll obviously be...
