by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of multi-guest panels, but I think this interview went well.
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2010 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
Here’s some horrifying news from the United Kingdom, where the government-run healthcare system allowed 239 patients to die of malnutrition in 2007. Another 8,000-plus entered the system for malnutrition and actually deteriorated. In 2007, 239 patients died of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
According to news coverage, United Kingdom Prime Minister Cameron is imposing deep and savage budget cuts. I was interviewed by the BBC recently, for instance, and asked whether 25 percent spending reductions were too harsh. And here’s an excerpt from a New York Times...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
I think Viagra subsidies for sex offenders are an absurd example of government stupidity in America. I’m also amazed that European taxpayers are forced to pay for penile implants for bureaucrats at the European Commission. But I’m almost speechless to learn that...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
If misery loves company, we can be very happy with these two stories about over-compensated bureaucrats from outside our borders. The first comes from Europe, where the Daily Telegraph reports that pension costs are skyrocketing for bureaucrats with the European...
