by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Regulations
Or is it another example of the “wussification of America?” I don’t know how to classify this story, other than it is a sad commentary on what is happening to America. Bureaucrats in Maryland, who obviously have too much time on their hands, are issuing rules...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2011 | Blogs, Education
Forget the victory over the union bosses in Wisconsin. Yes, that was important, but school choice is an ever bigger threat to the left. Breaking the government education monopoly would reveal the inefficiency and incompetence of government, while simultaneously...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Kudos to Governor Walker of Wisconsin. Republicans rarely have the intelligence or the fortitude to win battles that reduce the burden of government, but it appears that he is on the verge of prevailing in his effort to limit special privileges for government workers....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
This blog repeatedly has chronicled the huge discrepancy between the gold-plated compensation for government employees and the meager salaries and benefits of people in the productive sector of the economy, including a video conclusively demonstrating that bureaucrats...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Since I’m involuntarily forced to finance National Public Radio, I guess I should be happy that free-market views occasionally are allowed on air. Click here to listen to a segment where I talk about earmarks, “phonemarks,” and special interest corruption in...