by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In my speeches, especially when talking about the fiscal crisis in Europe (or the future fiscal crisis in America), I often warn that the welfare state reaches a point-of-no-return when the number of people riding in the wagon begins to outnumber the number of people...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Maybe I’m just old fashioned, or maybe I’m a bit stiff-necked, but I will never relent in my opposition to tax increases so long as the crowd in Washington is spending money on things that are not appropriate functions of the federal government. But that’s just one...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve beaten up on Newt Gingrich for his views on global warming and his attack on the Ryan budget plan, but I’m completely on his side in the faux controversy about whether it is racist to call Barack Obama the “food stamp president.” This story from ABC News should...
by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste, Welfare and Entitlements
Not that we needed any additional evidence that the government wastes money in truly spectacular fashion, but this story from the Detroit Free Press is especially disgusting and outrageous. A man who won $2 million on a Michigan lottery show has told a TV station that...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I may have to stop being a New York Yankees fan. The state of my birth is a national embarrassment. People in the Empire State are national champions in the contest to rip off their fellow citizens according to analysis from USA Today. West Virginia, however, is the...
