by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
I regularly cite data about Europe’s sub-par economic outcomes in hopes of driving home the point that the United States should not copy that continent’s approach of onerous fiscal burdens. Which is now a very relevant topic with Biden...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Biden’s budget plan is based on fraudulent numbers, but it is also based on the fraudulent idea that a big, European-style welfare state can be financed without fleecing lower-income and middle-class taxpayers. I’ve repeatedly pointed out that this is not...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2017, I shared my Second Theorem of Government to warn why it is so important to resist new government giveaway programs. And I used Obamacare as a costly example. Simply stated, it’s much easier to block new handouts than it is to take...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
During his 2012 reelection campaign, Barack Obama created a fictional character named Julia and showed how she could mooch off taxpayers from cradle to grave. Given Biden’s reputation as a plagiarizer, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t know whether to be amused or frustrated, but I can’t help but notice that folks on the left frequently argue that the United States needs to make government bigger in order to “catch up” or “shrink the gap” with Europe. President Biden even has said...
