by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve been on a lonely crusade to expose big-government Republicans for being just as bad as Democrats (or even worse, since they should know better), so I’m glad to see Don Devine and David Keene in the Washington Post making similar points. Every...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I shudder to think how many American politicians and bureaucrats squandered our tax dollars by attending the enivornmental boondoggle in Copenhagen last December, but the behavior of one EPA official is a perfect illustration of how the political elite have no...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Or maybe this belongs in the “great moments in international bureaucracy” series since it relates to European Union law. Regardless, we have another sign of Europe’s fiscal nightmare. A court in the United Kingdom has given a big green light to...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
This is a two-for-one blog post. Not only do we get more sordid details about overpaid bureaucrats scamming the pay rules, but we also find out that this latest taxpayer ripoff was financed with so-called stimulus funds: Highly touted Bay State job creation programs...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
Washington is buzzing with news that the Congressional Budget Office has a new cost estimate for the President’s proposal to further expand the federal government’s control over the healthcare system. The White House is doubtlessly pleased because the...