by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2010 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Welfare and Entitlements
It’s been amusing, in an I-told-you-so fashion, to follow the fiscal crises in Greece, Spain, and other European welfare states. And I feel like a voyeuristic ghoul as I observe the incredibly misguided bailout policies being adopted by the political elites (who are...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2010 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Americans should not get too smug about the troubles in Europe because the Bush-Obama policies of wasteful spending are bringing us down the same path. The latest evidence comes from a well-researched article about personal income in USA Today showing that the share...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Europe, Free Market, Uncategorized
Actually, that’s too broad of a brush, but I do despise people of any nationality who think that they are entitled to mooch off the labor and capital of others. I also fear for my country because of such people. Benjamin Franklin is rumored to have said that,...