by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
There are some remarkable stories of the private sector showing initiative when governments fail to maintain infrastructure. In response to dithering by government, residents and businesses in Hawaii put up $4 million to fix an important community road. Smugglers in...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy, Government Spending, Taxation
One of the very first “accomplishments” of the new GOP majority in Congress was to approve a piece of corporate welfare to subsidize terrorism insurance for big companies. But I tried to overlook that development since there were a few modest reforms included with the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2012 | Blogs, States
I’ve explained before that “high-speed rail” is a boondoggle, and I’ve also posted a thorough presentation on the topic from the folks at Reason about this issue. But some politicians can’t resist throwing good money after bad on these money-losing schemes. The latest...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve written before about the importance of getting rid of the Department of Transportation, and I’ve also written about Republicans getting in bed with big government. So you can imagine how agitated I was to read this article about transportation spending at...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
It’s 45 minutes long, but this video from the folks at Reason TV is filled with good information on the foolish ideas of central planners who want to control our transportation. You’ll learn in the first half of the video, for instance, how high-speed rail is like...
