by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
I’ve explained before that one of the most damning pieces of evidence against Obamanomics is that the economy is suffering from sub-par growth, something that is particularly damning since normally one expects to see faster-than-average growth following an economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2011 | Blogs, Economics
The libertarian position is that government should be totally neutral whenever there is a conflict between labor and management. Unfortunately, politicians usually tilt the playing field in favor of unions, largely in response to big campaign contributions. This issue...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2011 | Blogs, Health Care
In a column about the revolving door between big government and the lobbying world, here’s what the irreplaceable Tim Carney wrote about the waiver process for folks trying to escape the burden of government-run healthcare. Congress imposes mandates on other entities,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Here’s some completely depressing news. CNBC is reporting that President Obama is putting American taxpayers on the chopping block to bail out Greece’s corrupt politicians. But, to show he doesn’t discriminate, he also encouraged the German Chancellor to rape her...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
Based on this morning’s numbers, I’ve updated my chart showing what the Obama Administration said would happen with the so-called stimulus compared to what actually has happened. As you can see, the unemployment rate is about 2.5 percentage points higher than the...
