by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Bad ideas definitely have the ability to cross borders. The income tax first appeared in England, on a temporary basis during the Napoleanic wars and then permanently in 1842. It then spread like a cancer to other parts of the world, eventuallyreaching – and plaguing...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
While immigration is a very contentious issue for the politicians in Washington, there’s actually some level of agreement among people in the real world. Almost everybody agrees that it would be foolish and short-sighted not to allow some immigration, particularly...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Selection to the Moocher Hall of Fame is a special award that is bestowed upon “the individuals who best exemplify the culture of loafing, laziness, and dependency that is being subsidized by our vote-buying political class.” But it’s not limited to Americans....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
I feel a bit like Goldilocks. No, this is not a confession about cross-dressing or being transsexual. I’m the boring kind of libertarian. Instead, I have a run-of-the-mill analogy. Think about when you were a kid and your parents told you the story of Goldilocks and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
Last June, in response to a question about indiscriminate spying by the National Security Agency, I made two simple points about the importance of judicial oversight and cost-benefit analysis. I want – at a minimum – there to be judicial oversight whenever the...
