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....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Certain redistribution programs are called “entitlements” because anybody who meets various criteria is “entitled” to automatically get money or other benefits. Economists worry that such programs (particularly the “means-tested” entitlements) create perverse...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The tax-and-transfer welfare state is in deep trouble. I explained last year that the United States faces a very serious long-run challenge. Many of our entitlement programs were created based on the assumption that we would always have an expanding population, as...
