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 | Dec 25, 2014 | Blogs
Yesterday, as part of a column about the burden of regulation, I shared a couple of Christmas-themed videos, as well as a tragic story of Santa Claus getting arrested by the IRS. During previous Christmas seasons, there’s been other topical humor. This video showing...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
While there are plenty of reasons to dislike the World Bank, United Nations, and (especially) the International Monetary Fund, the worst international bureaucracy on a per-dollar spent basis has to be the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
