by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
If you want to understand how government intervention screws up markets and damages an economy, there are two new publications worth reading. First, pick up a copy of Reckless Endangerment, a new book by Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times, and Joshua Rosner, an...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
I have a confession to make: I have a hard time making up my mind. At times, I am overcome by indecision. To be more specific, I can’t figure out which department of the federal government should be shut down first. In the past, I’ve written about the squalid waste...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve beaten up on Newt Gingrich for his views on global warming and his attack on the Ryan budget plan, but I’m completely on his side in the faux controversy about whether it is racist to call Barack Obama the “food stamp president.” This story from ABC News should...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT
I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m nonetheless still nauseated to read that Mitt Romney has decided to endorse ethanol subsidies. Here’s a blurb from Fox in DC. “I support the subsidy of ethanol,” Romney told an Iowa voter. “I believe ethanol is an important part of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2011 | Bailouts, Blogs
Here’s a video just released by those wonderful folks at the Democratic National Committee. It claims that the bad Republicans were wrong about the auto bailout because the companies are still in business and have paid back the money they confiscated from taxpayers....
