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...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Walter Williams periodically has explained that the main beneficiaries of the so-called War on Poverty are all the bureaucrats who have very lucrative jobs in all the various redistribution programs, agencies, and departments. He calls these people “poverty pimps” and...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Hugo Chavez is a palpably evil thug, and he confirms this status with a new proposal to issue cards that almost certainly will be used to ration food. Left-wing despots claim that their policies put “people above profits,” but they never can explain why people...
