Comments on: Which President Is the Biggest Spender, Part II

By: What’s the Better Role Model, France or Switzerland? | International Liberty

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:32 +0000

[…] But to be fair, we should ask why American voters elected Bush and Obama, both of whom have made America more like France? […]

By: Hoisting Obama on His Own Surveillance-State Petard | International Liberty

Hoisting Obama on His Own Surveillance-State Petard | International Liberty — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:51:56 +0000

[…] Scott Stantis cartoon may be even better because it links Obama with Bush and Nixon. I knew they all shared a statist orientation on economic policy, but who knew they had the same affinity for monitoring other people’s […]

By: Milton Friedman had a solution to today’s welfare mentality!!! | The Daily Hatch

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:49:47 +0000

[…] I’ve been very critical of Obama, but I was also very critical of Bush. Indeed, Bush was a bigger spender than Obama! And Clinton was quite good, so party labels often don’t […]

By: A Depressing Look at the Modern American Voter | International Liberty

A Depressing Look at the Modern American Voter | International Liberty — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:43:30 +0000

[…] I’ve been very critical of Obama, but I was also very critical of Bush. Indeed, Bush was a bigger spender than Obama! And Clinton was quite good, so party labels often don’t […]

By: Mistrust of government is at the heart of what the founders tried to do!!!! | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:44:51 +0000

[…] Jimmy Carter was the epitome of a bad President. But as I began to learn economics, I realized that Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson also were terrible and belong in the Hall of Fame of bad […]

By: Which Presidents Are Right about Government, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson or Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama? | International Liberty

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:57 +0000

By: FactCheck.org says federal spending has increased “far more slowly” under Obama than under Bush - Zebra Fact Check

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:25:29 +0000

[...] Daniel J. “Which President Is the Biggest Spender, Part II.” International Liberty. Daniel J. Mitchell, 29 May 2012. Web. 25 Apr. [...]

By: Barack Obama would lose badly to Ronald Reagan!!! | The Daily Hatch

Barack Obama would lose badly to Ronald Reagan!!! | The Daily Hatch — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:36:55 +0000

[...] Obama has increased the burden of government spending, raised tax rates, and created more dependency, but there’s nothing particularly special about [...]

By: The Gipper Crushes Obama in Hypothetical Matchup « OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE

The Gipper Crushes Obama in Hypothetical Matchup « OBAMA-B-GONEOBAMA-B-GONE — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:14:36 +0000

[...] Obama has increased the burden of government spending, raised tax rates, and created more dependency, but there’s nothing particularly special about [...]

By: The Spirit of Reagan Is Still With Us: The Gipper Crushes Obama in Hypothetical Matchup | International Liberty

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:05:07 +0000

[...] Obama has increased the burden of government spending, raised tax rates, and created more dependency, but there’s nothing particularly special [...]

By: A Bait-and-Switch Budget Plan? | lessbull.com

A Bait-and-Switch Budget Plan? | lessbull.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:33:00 +0000

[...] we about to see a new kinder-and-gentler President Obama? Has the tax-and-spend president of the past four years been replaced by a fiscal moderate? That’s certainly the spin we’re getting from the White [...]

By: President Obama will not cut spending ever it appears | The Daily Hatch

President Obama will not cut spending ever it appears | The Daily Hatch — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:59:51 +0000

[...] we about to see a new kinder-and-gentler Obama? Has the tax-and-spend President of the past four years been replaced by a fiscal [...]

By: Pick Your Favorite April Fool’s Day Prank | International Liberty

Pick Your Favorite April Fool’s Day Prank | International Liberty — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:53:31 +0000

[...] America’s Spender-in-Chief wants to be a role model of fiscal rectitude. [...]

By: Controlling spending is the way to a balanced budget (includes editorial cartoons) | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:27:12 +0000

[...] TARP, which caused a big increase in the burden of spending during Bush’s last fiscal year and artificially dampened outlays in Obama’s first fiscal year since repayments from the banks counted as negative [...]

By: Obama makes me long for the good ole days when the economy was expanding | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:12:56 +0000

[...] And there’s lots of additional information comparing the fiscal performance of various presidents here, here, and here. [...]

By: Challenge for Keynesian Anti-Sequester Hysterics: Why Did America’s Economy Boom When Reagan and Clinton Reduced the Burden of Spending? | International Liberty

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:39 +0000

[...] And there’s lots of additional information comparing the fiscal performance of various presidents here, here, and here. [...]

By: Cartoons on Obama’s budget math « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Cartoons on Obama’s budget math « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:34:07 +0000

[...] then augmented that analysis with a second post showing in more detail that Obama deserves a bad grade because of spending on social welfare [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 231) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:51:54 +0000

[...] Obama promised hope and change, but he has kept spending at this high level rather than undoing the mistakes of his [...]

By: The Unintentional Humor of America’s Spender-in-Chief « International Liberty

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:29:12 +0000

[...] which caused a big increase in the burden of spending during Bush’s last fiscal year and artificially dampened outlays in Obama’s first fiscal year since repayments from the banks counted as negative [...]

By: Helping Men with Pornography Addiction; Virgin Birth; Helping Men be Men; C.S. Lewis; Les Miserables « ChosenRebel's Blog

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:45:17 +0000

[...] Which President is the Biggest Spender: Part 2 (Dan Mitchell—a little complicated but insightful to the discussion.) [...]

By: Obama Announces New Federal Golf Rules « International Liberty

Obama Announces New Federal Golf Rules « International Liberty — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:14:10 +0000

[...] Earlier this year, for instance, I shared this golfing cartoon to help emphasize that Obama has been a big spender. [...]

By: While Much of America Suffers with Stagnation, Washington’s Political Class Is Having a Very Merry Christmas « International Liberty

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:09:38 +0000

[...] thanks to profligacy by Bush and Obama, that’s exactly what’s [...]

By: UzhasKakoi

UzhasKakoi — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:47:40 +0000

Unless I missed something, there is, I think, another interesting consideration: Obamacare spending has not kicked in yet … How does this added spending impacts the rankings?

By: The ‘Happy Planet Index’ Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « lessbull.com

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:45:23 +0000

[...] There are also more specialized rankings, such as the one measuring per-capita government debt, the Moocher Index of state-by-state government dependency, and my ranking of which President has been the biggest spender. [...]

By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States | Cato @ Liberty

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:15:40 +0000

By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « The blog for taxspecialists

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:28:45 +0000

By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « International Liberty

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:12 +0000

By: Is President Obama going to bankrupt our country by going from 10 trillion to 22 trillion in debt? (part 11) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:12:22 +0000

[...] I then did another post yesterday, where I looked at total spending (other than interest payments and bailout costs) and showed that Obama has presided over the biggest spending increases since Lyndon Johnson. [...]

By: Economics and the Elite | Light from the Right

Economics and the Elite | Light from the Right — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:52:30 +0000

[...] fear permanently lower growth is the legacy of the Bush-Obama years. We now have a substantially bigger burden of government spending, and things will get worse rather [...]

By: Everette Hatcher III, www.thedailyhatch.org

Everette Hatcher III, www.thedailyhatch.org — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:30:36 +0000

We are truly at a breaking point.