by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The Center for Immigration Studies recently put out a study arguing that immigration has had negative effects on California. One of their measures was a comparison of how many people in the state were receiving some form of welfare compared to other states. I found...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m normally not a big fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development since it is an international bureaucracy that persecutes low-tax jurisdictions. But the economists at the OECD sometimes do good work (the same can be said of the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation
Governments that tax work and subsidize sloth are committing a form of slow-motion suicide, and the Greek fiscal crisis is the canary in the coal mine of this phenomenon. Interestingly, some European governments are trying to halt the downward slide, though I suspect...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Uncategorized
It’s probably just a insincere negotiating ploy, but Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed to eliminate a major welfare program in California. This article from the Sacramento Bee notes that the Governator also wants to cut bureaucrat pay and impose other...
by Dan Mitchell | May 10, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Here are some very depressing stories. The Daily Mail reports that a European Court has ruled that the U.K. no longer can impose restrictions on welfare payments to women married to suspected terrorists: A European court has instructed Britain to drop restrictions...
