by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
If nothing else, our leftist friends deserve credit for chutzpah. All around the world, we see concrete evidence that big government leads to stagnation and decay, yet statists repeatedly argue that further expansions in taxes and spending will be good for growth....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
There’s a famous quote, commonly attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, about the American character. America is great because America is good. If America ever stops being good, it will stop being great. What makes this quote so popular (even though Wikipedia says it’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
If the Moocher Hall of Fame ever moves from the virtual world to brick-and-mortar reality, it’s going to need a lot of space. That’s because, to use a politically correct term, many of the featured freeloaders are plus-sized. Stanley looks like a rather robust eater,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 14, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
The modern welfare state is a disaster. But rather than go into lengthy details, let’s simply look at some very powerful images (click for enlarged view). Probably the most damning evidence is that the poverty rate in America was steadily falling after World War II....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I wrote the other day about the importance of “social capital,” which is a catch-all phrase for a society’s attitudes about things such as the work ethic, a sense of self-reliance, and the spirit of independence. Today we’re going to look at the flip side of social...
