by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Since almost everybody wants a society that is just, that presumably means we all favor “social justice.” But in the American political system, the phrase has been adopted by those who favor bigger government and more intervention. Sort of the way “solidarity” and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s not often that I disagree with the folks who put together the Wall Street Journal editorial page. For instance, they just published a great editorial on that cesspool of cronyism and corruption that is otherwise known as the Export-Import Bank. Isn’t it great...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Back in 2013, I actually wrote something vaguely nice about HBO’s Bill Maher. Or at least I expressed approval for a point he made about the limits of class-warfare taxation. It’s now time to compensate for that action. Check out this interview. It’s about Obama’s new...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Society
Is Obama a socialist? If you’re asking whether he’s a big-spending interventionist, the answer is yes. But if you’re asking whether the President believes in government ownership of the means of production (which is the defining issue in the socialist economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 11, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
Regular readers may have noticed that I generally say that advocates of big government are “statists.” I could call them “liberals,” but I don’t like that using that term since the early advocates of economic and personal liberty were “classical liberals” such as Adam...
