As Wisconsin Goes, so Goes the Nation

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

After dozens of posts about overpaid government employees, I’m sick of writing about the topic. But what’s happening in Wisconsin is critically important in the fight for long-run fiscal sanity, so I’m reluctantly wading back into this fight. Simply stated,...

Two Recent TSA Decisions Will Make Flying a More Miserable Experience in the Future

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs

I’m sick of the TSA and haven’t written about that incompetent bureaucracy since posting a mock press release early last month. But after enduring the slowest-moving line in recorded history at the Miami Airport yesterday, motivation is no longer a problem. So it was...

According to Census Data, People Vote with their Feet for Less Government

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Taxation

The world is a laboratory and different nations are public policy experiments. Not surprisingly, the evidence from these experiments is that nations with more freedom tend to grow faster and enjoy more prosperity. Nations with big governments, by contrast, are more...

Fight against Corruption and Bailouts by Boycotting GM and Chrysler

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs

I was on Fox News last week and unloaded on the General Motors bailout. I’m surprised I wasn’t foaming at the mouth. My conclusion is that people with honor and integrity should refuse to buy cars from companies that stole money from taxpayers.