by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I’ve posted several videos about the Keystone Cops of airport security (see here, here, here, here, and here) and here’s another one to enjoy. Why am I motivated to mock the Transportation Security Administration today? For the simple reason that I went to...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Time to update our series on “great moments in foreign government.” We’ll start with Jersey. I wrote a few years ago about the (relatively) good tax laws in that British dependent territory off the coast of France. But there are two ways those laws...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2021 | Big Government, Regulations
Most people say the key feature of capitalism is competition. Hard to argue with that characterization, but I would go one step further and say that it is one of the consequences of competition – “creative destruction” – that best captures why free markets...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 16, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
I wrote a four-part series last year about coronavirus and big government (here, here, here, and here), so it goes without saying that the first two lines of this tweet deserve some sort of accuracy award for hitting the nail on the head. But the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Last year, I shared this video from the Competitive Enterprise Institute to help explain how government bureaucrats are making it harder for Americans to clean their plates, bowls, and silverware. Washington’s dishwasher mandate is just one example of how red tape...
