by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I’m baffled by stupid Republicans (sorry to be redundant). Some GOPers have agreed to put taxes on the table. Not surprisingly, Democrats are praising them for this preemptive surrender, patting these Republicans on the head for being good little lapdogs. (The...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Commenting on Supercommittee deliberations last month, I asked whether Republicans will choose the real budgetary savings of a sequester or surrender to a tax hike. Well, it appears that the GOP likes being known as the Stupid Party and is seriously considering a plan...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I have sometimes wondered whether it is accurate to say that Republicans are the “Stupid Party.” We’ll soon know the answer to that question. As part of the debt limit agreement, the politicians agreed to set up a “Supercommittee” comprised of six Republicans and six...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Europe
The Europeans have just agreed to another bailout for Greece. That’s the bad news. The good news is…well, there is no good news. Sarkozy, Merkel, and the other statists have once again failed to do the right thing and instead have decided to throw good money after bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
The budget fights this year began with the “shutdown” battle, followed by the Ryan budget and then the debt limit. These fights have mostly led to uninspiring kiss-your-sister outcomes, which is hardly surprising given divided government. Now the crowd in DC is...
