by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
If Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama are neck-and-neck competitors in the contest to be the public face of incompetent statism in America, then the competition in Europe is between Herman van Rompuy and Olga Stefou. But since I’ve already crowned Ms. Stefou as the Queen...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
In a perverse way, I’m glad that there are places such as Greece and Illinois. These profligate jurisdictions are useful examples of the dangers of bloated government and reckless statism. There also are some cities that serve as reverse role models. Detroit is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I think it may be time to update the dictionary definition of irony. George Soros, the billionaire who finances statist organizations and causes in order to promote more government, has decided that he doesn’t want to deal with some of the new regulatory burdens...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
It’s hard to imagine how we would get through life without necessities like bacon and duct tape. But have you ever thought about how the free market gives you so much for so little? Here’s a video that should be mandatory viewing in Washington. Too bad politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
One of the tax increases buried in Obamacare was an onerous and intrusive “1099″ scheme that would have required businesses to collect tax identification numbers for just about any vendor and then send paperwork to the IRS whenever they did more than $600 of business....
