by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I don’t know which group is more despicable, Greek politicians or the voters who elected them. In both cases, they think they’re entitled to other people’s money. But since the “other people” in this case happen to live in nations such as Germany and Finland, and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Earlier this year, President Obama proposed a budget that would impose new taxes and add a couple of trillion dollars to the burden of government spending over the next 10 years. The Republican Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees have now weighed in....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I feel a bit schizophrenic when people ask me my opinion of Republicans on Capitol Hill. When I’m in a good mood (or being naively optimistic, some might argue), I applaud them for blocking Obama’s spending agenda. The fights over sequestration, debt limits, and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
It’s not very often that I applaud research from the International Monetary Fund. That international bureaucracy has a bad track record of pushing for tax hikes and other policies to augment the size and power of government (which shouldn’t surprise us since the IMF’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Back in 2012, I shared some superb analysis from Investor’s Business Dailyshowing that the United States never would have suffered $1 trillion-plus deficits during Obama’s first term if lawmakers had simply exercised a modest bit of spending restraint beginning back...
