by Dan Mitchell | Nov 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
There’s a joke in Washington that Democrats are the evil party and Republicans are the stupid party. Except this joke isn’t very funny since a lot of bad policy occurs when gullible GOPers get lured into “bipartisan” deals that expand government. Consider, for...
by Brian Garst | Nov 12, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Last week the Center for Freedom & Prosperity joined with the National Taxpayers Union and 17 other groups to warn Republican leaders against making the mistake of undoing the sequester cuts. The letter notes: The BCA established limits on discretionary spending...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I recently gave five reasons why the shutdown fight was worthwhile and my number one reason was that it’s better to be on offense than defense. It seems I’m not the only one to reach this sensible conclusion. Here’s some of what Fred Barnes wrote today for the Wall...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Why does the Tea Party attract such vitriolic opposition, whether from Obama’s IRS or big-government Republicans like Karl Rove? The answer is simple. People in Washington don’t like the Tea Party because this citizen uprising is making it difficult to engage in...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
You don’t enjoy many victories when you fight for liberty, so I’m not averse to spiking the football on those rare occasions when we win. That’s why I shared this very funny cartoon last week to celebrate Obama’s belly flop on gun control. Now we have another cartoon,...
