by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Here’s a passage from a speech by a well-known political figure, but it wasn’t Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, or Milton Friedman. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
This isn’t a video produced by an anti-welfare group. It’s not even from the United States. Instead, you’re looking at a straight news clip from England that unintentionally offers a very powerful example of how welfare saps initiative, creates dependency, subsidizes...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’m dumbfounded and amazed. When Democrats and Republicans have a game of chicken, the GOP blinks 99 percent of the time. And I thought for sure this was going to happen in the fight about whether to extend all the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts (the GOP position), or whether...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2010 | Blogs, Education
This little story appeared in my inbox. It’s obviously meant to illustrate the perverse incentive structure created by redistribution, but one wonders why statists in the academic world don’t follow through on their convictions and use this grading system. A professor...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
One of the big problems with statists is that they define compassion incorrectly. They think they are being compassionate when they take other people’s money and give it to somebody that they define as being less fortunate. But genuine compassion occurs when you spend...
