by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Okay, I’ll admit right away that the title of this column is an exaggeration. But if you’re a public policy wonk and you worry about the rising level of government dependency and the erosion of self reliance, then you’ll understand why the chart below, which was...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
I wrote back in 2010 that riots in Europe were a harbinger of future unrest in the United States. Given the chaos in Baltimore, I’m tempted to claim profound wisdom and great foresight. But I’ll reluctantly confess that my main point five years ago was to warn about...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
What are the wisest words ever uttered by an American president? I’m not going to pretend to know the answer, but there are some options that are high on my list. I like what Ronald Reagan said about the government’s view of the economy, a quote that I shared just a...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
Nothing can compare with the horrible outrage of bureaucrats awarding themselves bonuses after putting veterans on secret waiting lists and denying them care, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about the latest example of overspending and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste, Welfare and Entitlements
As shown by this graphic, why are so many people in Maine taking advantage of the food stamp program? As shown by this map, why does Oregon have such a high level of food stamp dependency? These are just rhetorical questions since I don’t have the answers. But if we...
