by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There are a lot of positive things to be said about Norway. Most impressive, it is the world’s #2-ranked nation for high-quality rule of law. It is in the top quartile of countries for economic liberty. When measuring non-fiscal factors, it is in the top-10 percent...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
Whenever there’s a terrorist attack, I automatically feel a combination of anger, horror, and sadness. Like all normal people. But it’s then just a matter of time before I also begin to wonder whether we’ll learn that the dirtbag terrorist was financed by welfare....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Certain redistribution programs are called “entitlements” because anybody who meets various criteria is “entitled” to automatically get money or other benefits. Economists worry that such programs (particularly the “means-tested” entitlements) create perverse...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Statists occasionally get very angry about some of my views. My support for “tax havens” periodically seems to touch a raw nerve, for instance, though I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised since some people are so crazy that they have even urged military action against...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
When I was young and innocent, I thought that giving welfare handouts to advocates of terrorism was the most perverse and disgusting way to abuse taxpayers. Now that I’m old and jaded, I’ve learned that governments are so masochistically stupid that they routinely...
