by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2013 | Blogs, Economics
Yesterday, Part I of this series looked at what motivates Barack Obama. We reviewed a Kevin Williamson column that made a strong case that Obama is an ends-justifies-the-means statist. Today, we’re going to look at the President’s approach to economic policy and we’ll...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2013 | Blogs, Economics
I suggested last year that President Obama adopt “my work here is done” as a campaign slogan. Admittedly, that was merely an excuse to share this rather amusing poster (and you can see the same hands-on-hips pose, by the way, in this clever Michael Ramirez cartoon)....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
After the financial crisis, the consensus among government officials was that we needed more regulation. This irked me in two ways. 1. I don’t want more costly red tape in America, particularly when the evidence is quite strong that the crisis was caused by government...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
Let’s assume you didn’t understand how a garbage disposal worked and, for whatever reason, you decided to stick your arm in one and turn it on. You would do some serious injury to your hand. The rest of us would wonder what motivated you to stick your arm down the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 12, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As part of my “Question of the Week” series, I had to decide which department of the federal government was most deserving of abolition. With a target-rich environment of waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington, that wasn’t an easy question to answer. But I decided to...
