by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
More than two years ago, I explained in a TV interview that the looters and moochers should be careful that they don’t kill the geese that lay the golden eggs. After all, parasites need a healthy host. The collapse of Europe’s welfare states should be a wake-up call...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It isn’t fair to compare and contrast the views of a distinguished economist with the envious ramblings of a career politician/community activist. But it’s also not right for the government to use coercion to impose bad policy, so I don’t feel guilty about sharing...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Appearances can be deceiving. I saw an article with a blaring headline that warmed my heart: “France’s Sarkozy Eyes Welfare Rethink, Fraud Clampdown.” Could it be, I thought, that the political elite finally realized that the welfare state was the wrong model? Had...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I am automatically suspicious of the veracity of anything I see online, so I don’t necessarily believe this is a real receipt. But it could be, and that’s what’s disturbing. There are very few restrictions on the use of food stamps, so there’s nothing to stop a...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2011 | Blogs, Economics
Here’s an absolutely horrifying video of President Franklin Roosevelt promoting a “Second Bill of Rights” based on coercive redistribution. At first, I was going to post it and contrast it with this superb Reagan video and compare how one President’s policies kept...
