by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I wrote a few days ago that advocates of smaller government have won a very significant victory over the past five years, as measured by the fact that there’s been zero growth in overall federal spending. And because the private economy has grown while the federal...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
It’s time to puncture the myth that libertarians are congenitally dour and pessimistic. We’re going to look at some fiscal data that must be very depressing for President Obama and other advocates of big government. But that means this information must be very good...
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 28, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’ve written about the success of Hong Kong (particularly when compared to nations such as Cuba, France, and China), but haven’t paid as much attention to Singapore. But it’s time to correct that oversight. I’m motivated to write about Singapore because of a story...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I generally focus on the profligate habits and abusive tactics of the federal government in Washington, but that doesn’t mean other levels of government are well behaved. In a column for the Washington Post, Catherine Rampell outlines some of the reprehensible ways...
