Comments on: The Link Between Big Government and Corruption http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/ Restraining Government in America and Around the World Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: crisbd http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-67197 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:15 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-67197 Switzerland’s highly effective system of citizen-initiated rejection of bad laws ensures that their politicians need to get the electorate on their side for legislation. In practice, this means politicians have to sell their proposals to their citizens and get the consent of the governed beforehand – what a concept! see more at:

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]]> By: Miles Mondelli http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-67053 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:38:00 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-67053 Wow, wonderful blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is magnificent, as well as the content!. Thanks For Your article about The Link Between Big Government and Corruption | International Liberty .

]]> By: Can You Find It in Your Heart to Feel Sympathy for Politicians and their Staff? | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-67042 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:18:24 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-67042 […] article, staffers and politicians quickly get hired as lobbyists, thus further contributing to the culture of corruption in […]

]]> By: Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog that demonstrate what Obama is doing to our economy (Solyndra cartoon) | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-67020 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:06:22 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-67020 […] Here’s my video explaining the connection between big government and corruption. […]

]]> By: IRS demonstrates that we need limited, constitutional government | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-67006 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:04:20 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-67006 […] we blame politicians for our corrupt, loophole-ridden, abusive tax […]

]]> By: Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog that demonstrate what Obama is doing to our economy (organized crime big govt cartoon) | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-66954 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:21:17 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-66954 […] The last line, though, is exactly right. For all intents and purposes, government is legalized plunder. […]

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]]> By: Which Group Is More Despicable, IRS Bureaucrats or the Politicians who Created the Tax Code? | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-66599 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:41:15 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-66599 […] we blame politicians for our corrupt, loophole-ridden, abusive tax […]

]]> By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 336) | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-66566 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:44:58 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-66566 […] frustrates me. The entire town is based on legalized corruption as an unworthy elite figure out new ways of accumulating unearned wealth by skimming money from the […]

]]> By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 332) | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-66276 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:47 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-66276 […] I’m not talking about bankruptcy lawyers or corrupt lobbyists, though those would be good […]

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]]> By: CBO’s Tax Expenditure Report Uses Wrong Benchmark, Overstates Loopholes | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-65946 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:58:17 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-65946 […] right kind of tax reform would generate more growth and also reduce corruption in Washington. Politicians no longer would have the ability to create special tax breaks for well-connected […]

]]> By: Carina Layer http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-65841 Wed, 29 May 2013 07:30:47 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-65841 Wow, awesome blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is magnificent, as well as the content!. Thanks For Your article about The Link Between Big Government and Corruption | International Liberty .

]]> By: Should we learn theology from Stephen Colbert? | Principles, Not Men http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-64981 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:49:00 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-64981 […] the U.S. Treasury, but he’s a tool and supporting those who are.  Dan Mitchell has discussed the link between big government and corruption.  Also check out his story of how 10 of the 15 wealthiest counties in America are in the DC […]

]]> By: The Strangest Tax Loophole Award « Sago http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-64171 Thu, 09 May 2013 18:29:54 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-64171 […] I hate when powerful interest groups use their insider connections to get special treatment. This corrupt process helps explain why the tax code is now a 74,000-page […]

]]> By: The Strangest Tax Loophole Award | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-64131 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:47:36 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-64131 […] I hate when powerful interest groups use their insider connections to get special treatment. This corrupt process helps explain why the tax code is now a 74,000-page […]

]]> By: A Charming and Intimate Look at the Relationship between Politicians and Lobbyists | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-63998 Tue, 07 May 2013 12:48:46 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-63998 [...] but most of them are in the business of seeking special favors. And as government gets bigger, the opportunities for this type of corruption [...]

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]]> By: According to Washington Post Exposé, People Who Utilize Tax Havens Are Far More Honest than Politicians | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-61164 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:06:43 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-61164 [...] know we would find a greater propensity for bad behavior if we examined 4,000 politicians. And I assume that would be true for journalists as well. And folks on Wall Street. And realtors. [...]

]]> By: You Be the Judge: Should the Law Discourage People from Becoming Vagrants? « OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-60716 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:38:43 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-60716 [...] difficult because the corrupt Washington establishment of politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and interest groups almost always is allied against [...]

]]> By: You Be the Judge: Should the Law Discourage People from Becoming Vagrants? | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-60614 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:11:36 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-60614 [...] difficult because the corrupt Washington establishment of politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and interest groups almost always is allied against [...]

]]> By: Wasteful spending again from Washington | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-60064 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:49:32 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-60064 [...] money going to Washington helps subsidize a network of overpaid bureaucrats, fat-cat lobbyists, corrupt politicians, and well-heeled interest [...]

]]> By: Great Moments in Government Waste | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-60051 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:01 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-60051 [...] money going to Washington helps subsidize a network of overpaid bureaucrats, fat-cat lobbyists, corrupt politicians, and well-heeled interest [...]

]]> By: Mark Steyn: “David Gregory intended to demonstrate what he regards as the absurdity of America’s lax gun laws. Instead, he’s demonstrating the ever greater absurdity of America’s non-lax laws” | The Daily Hatch http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-59064 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:31:33 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-59064 [...] the corrupt world of Washington, though, we know that Gregory hasn’t been arrested even though he clearly broke the law and [...]

]]> By: My Heart Breaks and Tears Flow When I Read about Sequestration Being a Big Defeat for Lobbyists | lessbull.com http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-59046 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:18:18 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-59046 [...] being said, I despise the corrupt Washington game of obtaining unearned wealth thanks to the sleazy interaction of lobbyists, politicians, [...]

]]> By: My Heart Breaks and Tears Flow When I Read about Sequestration Being a Big Defeat for Lobbyists | International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-link-between-big-government-and-corruption/#comment-59030 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:29:29 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-59030 [...] being said, I despise the corrupt Washington game of obtaining unearned wealth thanks to the sleazy interaction of lobbyists, politicians, [...]

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