by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Regular readers of this blog already know (see here, here, and here) that I’m not a big fan of the new “CFL” light bulbs that we will be forced to use in a couple of years. In a more entertaining fashion, here’s a video from a few years ago, featuring a Republican...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Since I believe in federalism and decentralization, I tend to be somewhat tolerant of stupid decisions by local governments – particularly when those choices are made thousands of miles away and I don’t have to deal with the consequences. With this in mind, I find it...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
The President garnered some attention for his January 18 column in the Wall Street Journal, in which he said we need to control the regulatory burden. Let’s start with the insincere part. He praised capitalism. America’s free market has not only been the source of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve already commented here and here on the government forcing us to use inferior lightbulbs. The bad news is becoming worse news. Here’s a story from England that was linked on Instapundit, showing how big business (which conspired with the politicians to get rid of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Regulations, Taxation, VAT
The mid-term elections were a rejection of President Obama’s big-government agenda, but those results don’t necessarily mean better policy. We should not forget, after all, that Democrats rammed through Obamacare even after losing the special election to replace Ted...
