by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
While immigration is a very contentious issue for the politicians in Washington, there’s actually some level of agreement among people in the real world. Almost everybody agrees that it would be foolish and short-sighted not to allow some immigration, particularly...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
Last month, I nailed Bill and Hillary Clinton for their gross hypocrisy on the death tax. But that’s just one example. Today, we’re going to experience a festival of statist hypocrisy. We have six different nauseating examples of political elitists wanting...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2011 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
This arrived in my inbox today. A quick search on the Internet reveals it is not a real article from a Canadian paper. But it is somewhat amusing, so enjoy. “Build a Damn Fence!” From The Manitoba Herald , Canada ; by Clive Runnels, December 1st 2010 The flood of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2010 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
On my recent trip to Colorado, I had dinner with Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat from Boulder. He’s not exactly a small-government conservative, but he understands the importance of low marginal tax rates, free trade, and other important economic principles...