Republicans and Democrats Should Be Especially Concerned about the Threat of Government When Their Party Is in Charge

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs

Gallup just released a poll showing that 46 percent of Americans view the federal government as an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary Americans. My first reaction was to wonder why the number was so low. After all, we have a political elite that...

More Real-World Evidence of Regime Uncertainty

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

I recently posted data showing how companies are sitting on lots of cash, presumably in part because the business climate is not conducive to investment and job creation. I also showed a cartoon that makes the same point in an amusing – yet insightful – manner. Now...

Real-World Evidence for Regime Uncertainty?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

There certainly are logical reasons to think that Obama’s policies are dampening economic growth. Investors and entrepreneurs have little reason to produce and take risks, after all, when they know the burden of government is going to climb. Especially when you add...

Do We Have a Problem of Too Much Spending or Too Little Revenue?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

Here’s a chart from Veronique de Rugy’s new article in The American. Amazing how the problem becomes obvious when you look at real numbers and don’t get trapped into using “baseline” math (as I explain in my latest video).

Obama’s Job-Killing Policies: A Picture Says a Thousand Words

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics

The new unemployment data has been released and it’s not a pretty picture. Literally and figuratively. This image is all we need to know about the success of President Obama’s big-government policies. The lower line is from a White House report in early 2009 and it...