by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m agnostic about President’s Trump’s budget. It has some good proposals to save money and control the burden of government spending, but after he got rolled by the big spenders earlier this year, I wonder if he’s serious about tackling wasteful government....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Every so often, I share an image that is unambiguously depressing. Usually because it suggests that freedom is slowly eroding. A chart showing that corporations are using cronyism to pad their bottom line. A table on the rapid rise of dependency in the United States....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Certain redistribution programs are called “entitlements” because anybody who meets various criteria is “entitled” to automatically get money or other benefits. Economists worry that such programs (particularly the “means-tested” entitlements) create perverse...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It’s time to make a very serious point, albeit with a bit of humor and sarcasm. A couple of years ago, I shared an image of Libertarian Jesus to make the point that it’s absurd to equate compassion and virtue with government-coerced redistribution. We all can agree –...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
President Trump has released his budget blueprint. From a big picture perspective, the size of government won’t change. He’s kicking the can down the road on entitlements, which is obviously disappointing for people who can add and subtract. He does cut some domestic...
