by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, States
When I read the story from England about needing photo ID to buy teaspoons, I thought British bureaucrats built an insurmountable lead in the U.S. vs. U.K. contest for stupidest government action. But I should have had more faith in the hare-brained politicians of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written before about whether California is the Greece of America, in part because of crazy policies such as overpaid bureaucrats and expensive forms of political correctness, And we all know that California has one of the nation’s greediest governments, imposing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2011 | Blogs, Economics
Over and over again, I tell people to ignore whether politicians have a D or an R after their names. That’s because Democrats sometimes do the right thing and Republicans often do the wrong thing. My latest example of Republicans doing the wrong thing come from...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve had several reasons to mock California in the past couple of years (see here, here, here, and here). But I never thought state politicians would be crazy enough to impose harsh regulations on babysitting. Filling out a time card for your babysitter sounds absurd,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 18, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
The Beacon Hill Institute in Massachusetts has just released a very good – but very depressing study. The research finds that costs have jumped under Romneycare, but that’s not surprising. After all, politicians always underestimate the cost of new entitlements. The...
