by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Here’s a great example of family values, but only if you think it’s noble for a husband, wife, and daughter to conspire together to rip off taxpayers. I guess the family that steals together, stays together. Here are some of the details from the Daily Caller expose. A...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
It gets my blood boiling that the crowd in Washington is talking about raising our taxes when the budget is so riddled with excess spending. Here are two stories that illustrate the waste, fraud, and abuse that is pervasive in the federal budget. Our first example is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
I have a confession to make: I have a hard time making up my mind. At times, I am overcome by indecision. To be more specific, I can’t figure out which department of the federal government should be shut down first. In the past, I’ve written about the squalid waste...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Maybe I’m just old fashioned, or maybe I’m a bit stiff-necked, but I will never relent in my opposition to tax increases so long as the crowd in Washington is spending money on things that are not appropriate functions of the federal government. But that’s just one...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Here’s some completely depressing news. CNBC is reporting that President Obama is putting American taxpayers on the chopping block to bail out Greece’s corrupt politicians. But, to show he doesn’t discriminate, he also encouraged the German Chancellor to rape her...