by Brian Garst | Feb 14, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
President Obama unveiled his fiscal year 2012 budget today, and there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that there’s no major initiative such as the so-called stimulus scheme or the government-run healthcare proposal. The bad news, though, is that government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Hello from the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, a 24-square mile enclave centered around Monte Titano in eastern Italy. I’m here for a conference on “Competition and Alliances among States.” Like many other so-called tax havens, San Marino has been bludgeoned in...
by CF&P | Jan 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve already poked fun at Herman Van Rompuy, the nondescript über-bureaucrat who has risen to the non-elected post of European Council President. I’ve mocked Rompuy’s attempts to compete with other European politicians, and I encourage everyone to have a good laugh at...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve written before about the upcoming breakdown of the European welfare state, and my fingers are crossed that American policy makers will learn the right lessons and restrain the size and scope of government before we suffer from the social chaos and disarray that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m mystified that some conservatives and libertarians are sympathetic to the idea that Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana, might be a good candidate in 2012. The main challenge for our nation is the growing burden of government, so it seems that this would...
