by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve already suggested that subsidies for the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are the most wasteful and counterproductive item in the federal budget. At least on a per-dollar-spent basis. But what about a similar exercise for...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 23, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Spending
I’ve complained many times about government intervention in the financial sector. The financial and housing crisis, for instance, was largely a consequence of the Federal Reserve’s easy-money policy, combined with the system of corrupt subsidies put in place by...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2014 | Blogs, Education
If you had to pick the most inane, pointless, and intrusive example of government stupidity, what would you pick? We have lots of examples of regulators running amok. Regulations making it difficult for trucking firms to weed out drunk drivers. Year-long sting...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Two years ago, I shared a video about the Environmental Protection Agency’s brutal and thuggish tactics against an Idaho family. That story had a very happy ending because the Supreme Court struck a blow for property rights and unanimously ruled against the EPA (too...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
The headline of this post might not be completely honest. Indeed, if you asked me to grade the accuracy of my title, I’ll admit right away that it falls into the “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” category of mendacity. But I’m only prevaricating to set...
