Italian bureaucrats work hard to avoid work.

They’ve discovered the secret to permanent stagnation.

All law-abiding people should have the human right to protect themselves.

Italy has had multiple bouts with failed welfare states.

Two worthy candidates for the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame.

Decentralization, self-determination, and limited government should favor the ability of regions to either declare independence or choose to join neighboring countries.

Europe’s political elite may be even more foolish than their American counterparts.

Decades of large government are taking their toll on Italy. Past generations mortgaged the future to support unsustainable policies, and now the bills are coming due.

Does big government necessarily and automatically imply incompetent government? Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Robert Samuelson, for instance, has written that the federal government is so large that it breeds failure and disappointment.  I added my two cents, writing that: …government is far more likely to have a “reverse Midas touch” when it is too […]

In April of 2013, I introduced a Moocher Hall of Fame to “celebrate” some very odious examples of welfare dependency. Since that time, I keep thinking that it’s time to do something similar for government bureaucrats. This compilation from last December would be a good place to start, though I’d have to figure out whether to have group memberships so […]