by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, States
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no it’s Super Bureaucrat! Actually, look to New Jersey, because you’re going to see a taxpayer ripoff that will get your blood boiling. Depending on your perspective, this may be worse than the toll collector on the New...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written before that Obama’s Solyndra-style handouts have been a grotesque waste of tax dollars. I’ve argued that they destroy jobs rather than create jobs. I’ve gone on TV to explain why government intervention in energy creates a cesspool of cronyism. I’ve even...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
What do you do if you’re part of a government bureaucracy that has been caught red-handed engaged in sleazy, corrupt, and (almost surely) illegal targeting of Americans for their political beliefs? But before you answer, keep in mind that your bureaucracy also has...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Every time some class-warfare Democrat or Charlie Brown Republican says we need higher taxes, I think of all the ways the government wastes money and I get angry because the political elite is ripping off the American people. Should we send more money to Washington...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
One of my first posts on this blog featured this video showing how big government breeds corruption. I’ve periodically provided examples of how this process works, citing Alaska, Chicago, Wall Street, and Washington. Here’s another example, explicitly showing how big...
