by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Most economic policy debates are predictable. Folks on the left urge higher taxes and bigger government while folks on the right advocate lower taxes and smaller government (thanks to “public choice” incentives, many supposedly pro-market politicians don’t follow...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
According to leftists like Bernie Sanders, European nations have wonderfully generous welfare states financed by high tax rates on the rich. They’re partly right. There are very large welfare states in Europe (though I wouldn’t use “wonderfully” and “generous” to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There are a lot of positive things to be said about Norway. Most impressive, it is the world’s #2-ranked nation for high-quality rule of law. It is in the top quartile of countries for economic liberty. When measuring non-fiscal factors, it is in the top-10 percent...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m agnostic about President’s Trump’s budget. It has some good proposals to save money and control the burden of government spending, but after he got rolled by the big spenders earlier this year, I wonder if he’s serious about tackling wasteful government....
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
Whenever there’s a terrorist attack, I automatically feel a combination of anger, horror, and sadness. Like all normal people. But it’s then just a matter of time before I also begin to wonder whether we’ll learn that the dirtbag terrorist was financed by welfare....
