by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2015 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I almost feel sorry for the gun-control crowd. They keep trying to convince themselves that people are on their side, but schemes to restrict the 2nd Amendment keep getting defeated on Capitol Hill. And when a handful of state governments go against the trend and try...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
Several years ago, I shared some analysis suggesting that voting for Obamacare resulted in about 25 Democrats losing their congressional seats in 2010. And since more Democrats presumably lost seats in 2012 and 2014 because of that costly and misguided scheme, it...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2015 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I don’t necessarily blame President Obama for seeking to politicize tragic mass shootings. His actions may be a bit unseemly, but also understandable if he truly believes that disarming law-abiding people is the best way to reduce carnage. That being said, this...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
As a libertarian, I sometimes make the moral argument for small government. If it’s wrong to steal other people’s income or property, then shouldn’t it also be wrong to use the coercive power of government to take their income or property? Defenders of the welfare...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
One of the reasons I repeatedly compare market-oriented countries with statist nations is to show that even minor differences in growth, if sustained over time, can have enormous impact on living standards for ordinary people. And that’s why we should be very worried...
