Needless Budget Drama in Congress, Time Machines, and some Debt Limit Humor

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

In the spirit of the budget battle, readers have to eat their peas (i.e., endure my analysis) before getting to the dessert menu of jokes from the late-night comics. The big news today is that Speaker Boehner had to cancel a vote on his “Budget Control Act” last...

Inside the Debt-Limit Negotiations, a Love Song from Obama to Boehner

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation

I hope the Speaker resists this siren song and says no to higher taxes.

A New Miracle Drug – Better than Viagra According to Politicians

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

Kudos to the Concerned Women for America, not only for this clever video, but also for putting the focus on the burden of government spending rather than the symptom of too much red ink.

A Left-Wing Plan to Replace the Ideas of the Founding Fathers with a “Declaration of Dependency”?

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs

Like the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence is filled with old-fashioned ideas about liberty, freedom, and restrictions on the power of government. But that’s no fun, at least if you’re a member of the ruling class. Heck, some people are using those musty...

Funny…but Sad…Look at How the Minimum Wage Destroys Opportunity

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage

My Cato colleague, Mark Calabria, recently explained how the minimum wage destroys jobs, and I’ve written on several occasions why government-mandated wages can create unemployment by making it unprofitable to hire people with low work skills and/or poor work...