by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2026 | Blogs, Regulations, States
I’ve written nearly 8,000 columns over the past 16 years and one of the most popular (6th-highest number of views) was a 2011 satirical piece about how California and Texas politicians would deal with a vicious coyote. If you don’t want to bother reading that column,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As noted in my First Theorem of Government, politics is a largely a scam, a way for well-connected insiders to obtain undeserved wealth. With taxpayers, consumers, and businesses bearing the cost, of course. Unfortunately (but perhaps...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2025 | Blogs, Crime, Society
From a big-picture perspective, Canada’s biggest problem is ever-growing government. This is mostly due to the feckless policies of the former Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. During his time in office, Canada became a member of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2025 | Blogs, States
Why is the private sector efficient and the government inefficient? I answered that question back in 2017, noting that there is feedback (both positive and negative) in the private sector. With government, by contrast, it seems that there are no consequences...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
I commonly use “everything you need to know” when sharing a story that summarizes the buffoonery of a government (either international, national, regional, or local). I even occasionally claim that a story (see here, here, and here)...
