by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2014, I shared a report that looked at the growth of redistribution spending in developed nations. That bad news in the story was that the welfare state was expanding at a rapid pace in the United States. The good news is that the overall fiscal burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Inequality is now a major dividing line in the world of public policy. Supporters of limited government think it’s not a big issue and instead focus on the policies that are most likely to generate growth. Simply stated, they tend not to care if some people get richer...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The welfare state is bad news for both taxpayers and recipients. Pervasive handouts also are a mistake because they create incentives for very bad behavior. And I’m not just talking about the incentive not to work. Welfare enables and encourages utterly horrifying...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Time for another trip down Memory Lane to the early years of the Obama Administration. Two days ago, I wrote about the market-wrecking price controls in Obamacare. And yesterday, I shared a new study exposing the utter failure of Obama’s Cash-for-Clunkers scheme. Now...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 11, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The Moocher Hall of Fame highlights people who have some special trait that sets them apart from normal welfare recipients. They may get on the list because they are undeservingly rich, malignantly evil, incredibly entitled, or downright weird. I also have a terror...
