by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I had mixed feeling when I spoke yesterday in Bratislava, Slovakia, as part of the 2018 Free Market Road Show. Last decade, Slovakia was a reform superstar, shaking off the vestiges of communism with a plethora of very attractive policies – including a flat...
by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When I wrote about “crazy Bernie Sanders” in 2016, I wasn’t just engaging in literary hyperbole. The Vermont Senator is basically an unreconstructed leftist with a disturbing affinity for crackpot ideas and totalitarian regimes. His campaign agenda that year was an...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending
Education spending and teacher pay have become big issues in certain states. Unfortunately, not for the right reason. In an ideal world, taxpayers would be demanding systemic reform because government schools are getting record amounts of money (higher than any other...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m conflicted. I’ve repeatedly expressed skepticism about the idea of governments providing a “basic income” because I fear the work ethic will (further) erode if people automatically receive a substantial chunk of money. Moreover, I also fear that a basic income...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A few years ago, John Stossel did an undercover investigation of a government job-training program and he found that the operation was basically a scam. Not that we should be surprised. Back in 2014, I explained to a C-Span audience that a healthy private sector was...
