by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2013 | Blogs, Health Care
There are lots of despicable people in Washington engaged in a lot of unsavory behavior, so it would be very difficult to get agreement if you asked regular people to select the most odious feature of the political class. Many people would probably choose corruption...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
What do you do if you’re part of a government bureaucracy that has been caught red-handed engaged in sleazy, corrupt, and (almost surely) illegal targeting of Americans for their political beliefs? But before you answer, keep in mind that your bureaucracy also has...
by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
Did President Obama and his team of Chicago cronies deliberately target the Tea Party in hopes of thwarting free speech and political participation? Was this part of a campaign to win the 2012 election by suppressing Republican votes? Perhaps, but I’ve warned that...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Daily Caller on March 19, 2013. Government is larger than ever, and Americans are growing increasingly wary about expansions of federal power. To overcome public objections and justify the continued growth of government, politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, though I try to make sure that politicians get much of the blame for America’s convoluted, punitive, and unfair tax code. Heck, just look at these three images – here, here, and here – and you’ll find startling...