Super-Charging the IRS with Government-Run Healthcare

by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2010 | Blogs, Health Care, Taxation, Uncategorized

I blogged a cartoon joking about Obamacare as a Trojan Horse for the IRS, but with each passing day we are learning new – and always unpleasant – details about the mammoth legislation that was imposed by the left. The excerpt below from the Boston Globe...

Great Moments in Foreign Government

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care

I saw this odd story about wasteful government spending in James Taranto’s Best of the Web email. The bureaucrats at Britain’s National Health Service are sqandering thousands of dollars to create a giant “Burger Boy” as part of a government...

What If We Could Cheat the Government, Sort of Like the Government Cheats Us?

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Taxation

I have a column in the Washington Times speculating on ways we could lower our tax bills if we could use the same creative accounting that the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation used to help impose Obamacare on the nation: If you’re...

Government Thuggery and Healthcare.

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Taxation

Congressman Henry Waxman is one of the most odious statists in a town dominated by people who love big government. From his perch as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, this career politician played a big role in concocting Obamacare – including the...

We'll Pay More and Get Less, but at Least Castro Is Happy with Obamacare.

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market, Health Care

I actually think this it is unfair to highlight Fidel Castro’s endorsement of Obamacare, but I’m in a grumpy mood because I’ve started a diet, so I’ll simply twist the knife a bit by noting that we probably could improve American healthcare by...