by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Every so often, I can’t resist condemning someone for grossly immoral behavior. I beat up on Robert Murphy for stealing the value of someone else’s property. I attacked Olga Stefou for symbolizing the looter-class mentality of Greece. And I mocked Michael Wolfensohn...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Is America filled with tens of millions of people suffering from harsh material deprivation? That’s what the pro-redistribution crowd wants you to think, but a new report from the Heritage Foundation demolishes that stereotype. Here are some of the most remarkable...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve beaten up on Newt Gingrich for his views on global warming and his attack on the Ryan budget plan, but I’m completely on his side in the faux controversy about whether it is racist to call Barack Obama the “food stamp president.” This story from ABC News should...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
This story from the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal makes the point, excerpted below, that the welfare state subsidizes dysfunctional behavior. But read the story to understand how big government destroys lives, ruins families, and creates inter-generational...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
The Census Bureau will be releasing new poverty-rate numbers on Thursday and the numbers are expected to show a big move in the wrong direction. Much of the coverage will be on how much the poverty rate increases, with 15 percent being a likely amount according to...
