by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
My everything-you-need-to-know columns don’t actually reveal everything you need to know about an issue. But they always capture some essential truth about the inherent inefficiency and/or stupidity and/or malignancy of government. That’s true for state...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 18, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Politicians and interest groups periodically fan the flames of temporary panic to push for misguided policy. We’ve already seen three big examples this century. The so-called PATRIOT Act was enacted in the feverish aftermath of 9-11, but many of its provisions simply...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 10, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I don’t mind being polemical on occasion, but I generally don’t accuse my opponents of being “socialists.” American leftists generally focus on redistribution and regulatory intervention andsocialism technically means that the government directly owns, operates, and...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on November 16, 2015. The U.S. Postal Service has lost money every year since 2007, and its financial finances aren’t likely to improve any time soon. Thanks to declining mail volume due to greater reliance on email and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
It’s not often that I agree with the Washington Post, but a government-run monopoly is not the best way to get mail delivered. Moreover, it’s not often that I agree with the timid (andsometimes reprehensible) Tory-led government in the United Kingdom, but they just...
