by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
The Census Bureau will be releasing new poverty-rate numbers on Thursday and the numbers are expected to show a big move in the wrong direction. Much of the coverage will be on how much the poverty rate increases, with 15 percent being a likely amount according to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Welfare and Entitlements
Jim Glassman has a thorough article in Commentary explaining that Europe is in deep trouble both because high tax rates discourage work and production and because excessive handouts encourage sloth and dependency. This should be a common-sense observation, but most...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
That’s the title of Richard Rahn’s new column in the Washington Times, which discusses the delusional Keynesian policy being advocated – in America and around the world – by the current administration. As Richard explains, the evidence is overwhelming that government...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
When even the New York Times is writing articles about the collapse of the European welfare state, you know that the political establishment is finally recognizing the writing on the wall. Recognizing a problem and solving a problem, however, are two different things....
