by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Since I believe in federalism and decentralization, I tend to be somewhat tolerant of stupid decisions by local governments – particularly when those choices are made thousands of miles away and I don’t have to deal with the consequences. With this in mind, I find it...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The showdown in Wisconsin has generated competing claims about whether state and local government bureaucrats are paid too much or paid too little compared to their private sector counterparts. The data on total compensation clearly show a big advantage for state and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
This blog repeatedly has chronicled the huge discrepancy between the gold-plated compensation for government employees and the meager salaries and benefits of people in the productive sector of the economy, including a video conclusively demonstrating that bureaucrats...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2010 | Blogs, Political Correctness, Society
This post could be entitled, “So many dumb bureaucrats, so little time,” but let’s have some fun and turn it into a contest. Which bone-headed decision by a local government best exemplifies mindless bureaucracy, politically correct nonsense, and government waste?...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Since I’m involuntarily forced to finance National Public Radio, I guess I should be happy that free-market views occasionally are allowed on air. Click here to listen to a segment where I talk about earmarks, “phonemarks,” and special interest corruption in...
