by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending
Guido Westerwelle is supposed to be the German version of a libertarian. Currently serving as Foreign Minister, he was the chairman of the supposedly pro-market Free Democratic Party for 10 years and Wikipedia says he was known as a “proponent of an unlimited free...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
It seems I was put on the planet to educate people about the negative economic impact of excessive government. Though I must be doing a bad job because the burden of the public sector keeps rising. But hope springs eternal. To help make the case, I’ve cited research...
by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A financial columnist named Rex Nutting recently triggered a firestorm of controversy by claiming that Barack Obama is not a big spender. Here’s the chart he prepared, which certainly seems to indicate that Obama is a fiscal conservative. Not only that, it shows that...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A few months ago, I wrote some very nice things about a budget plan put together by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, noting that: Senator Paul and his colleagues are highlighting the fact that the plan generates a balanced budget in just five years. That’s a good...
by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Last year, as part of the fight over the debt limit, Congress created a “super-committee” that was designed to produce at least $1.2 trillion of “deficit reduction.” The statists saw this super-committee as a vehicle to seduce Republicans into a tax hike. They knew...
