by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Here’s a classic video from Reason TV mocking our intimate friends at the TSA. Enjoy…and share.
by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I posted a joke about this last year, but this video makes the point much more effectively. When you tax and redistribute income or grades, you penalize those who achieve and work hard. Kudos to the college kids who put this together. The volume sometimes is...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Economists often do a crummy job of teaching people about the impact of fiscal policy on the labor force, largely because we put people to sleep with boring discussions about “labor supply” decisions (my blog post from last year perhaps being an example of this...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Maybe Obama’s not so bad on Second Amendment issues. His Administration has contracted with the folks at Ruger to produce a special pistol in honor of the government workforce. This new gun will be called “The Bureaucracy Special.” The only downside is that it doesn’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is trying hard to win the “Bureaucracy of the Year Award,” and they have a new motto. But I think the bureaucrats at HUD are cheating. I’m almost sure I saw one of these signs during my last visit to the DMV, though I...
