by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When I wrote back in 2012 that France was committing fiscal suicide, I should have guessed that President Hollande would get impatient and push for even more statism. Sure enough, the BBC reports that France’s President has a new plan. The ostensible goal is to reduce...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve written about how statist policies help the rich and hurt the poor. And I’ve also pontificated on the destructive and foolish subsidies dispensed by the execrable Department of Agriculture. Now let’s mix those two issues (though I hasten to add that this isn’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation, VAT
What were the most noteworthy events from 2015? Regarding bad news, there’s unfortunately a lot of competition. But if I’m forced to pick the very worst developments, here’s my list. Resuscitation of the Export-Import Bank – I did a premature victory dance last year...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The fact that there’s widespread support for spending caps from groups that support limited government is hardly a surprise. After all, we have lots of real world evidence that limits on the growth of government spending – if sustained for multi-year periods – can...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2015 | Big Government, Government Waste
If you did a word-association test with people after describing jaw-dropping examples of government incompetence, you would probably get answers like “angry” or “wasteful.” Especially if you asked around April 15. Though in some cases of spectacular and inexplicable...
