How Ralph Nader Ruined Detroit
Kenneth Whyte has his book, "The Sack of Detroit: General Motors and the End of American Enterprise," excerpted...
Biden's Ideologically-Driven Corporate Welfare Plan
President Biden just unveiled a $2.3 trillion "infrastructure" plan -- "a shockingly large portion" of which is actually unrelated to infrastructure...
So Much Of Government Is Just A Money-Filching Racket
The Homeless Industrial Complex (not my term, but it's right on) is an example...
Why Do Farmers Get Federal Welfare, No Questions Asked?
Many of us contribute to society and don't have the easiest time keeping our heads above water financially. As I've pointed out before, you can be a Fifth Avenue-dwelling Rockefeller who owns a farm, and you get one of these subsidies...
Healthcare Is Still -- Idiotically -- Tied To Employment For Many
Matt Welch from back in 2010...
Trump Brings Us The Corporate Welfare Version Of "I'll Have What She's Having"
That's that scene in the Carnegie Deli from "When Harry Met Sally" -- the one where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm at the deli table. Afterward, an older woman -- the director's mom, I believe -- says, wryly, "I'll have what she's having"...
Robbing From Money For Schools To Give Welfare To Stadium-Building Bajillionaires
Taxes for Michigan schools are being siphoned off -- turned into welfare for the wildly wealthy, as they are used to fund the construction of a new sports arena...
Twitter Panties Bunched By Charles Koch Supposedly Supporting Hillary
Of course, that's not what he actually said...
The Assumption That You -- Especially If You're A Woman -- Should Be Able To Have It All
These days, more men are primary caregivers than ever, but it still seems to be a pretty small number...
Obamacare: Cozy Govt-Insurance Company Alliance, Expectation Of Govt Bailout
"Publicly, President Obama loves to demonize insurance companies..."
There's No Trickle Down From Corporate Welfare
It's a misconception that crony capitalist welfare -- when governments privilege and bail out a handful of favored firms -- that the rest of the economy somehow benefits...
Welfare For Tycoons!
We're subsidizing the wildly wealthy...
There's Always Room For Corporate Welfare!
"NASCAR got $70 million for new racetracks..."
Elway Doesn't Believe In Taxpayer-Funded Safety Nets -- For The Poor, That Is
The NFL is the beneficiary of one of the most lucrative taxpayer-funded social safety nets in the entire American economy...
How Democrats Are Exactly Like Republicans, And Vice Versa
"The GOP has consistently embraced crony capitalism, just like their Democrat brethren..."
Enough With The Sweetheart Subsidies To Wall Street
The federal government should stop subsidizing Wall Street...
No More Corporate Welfare! (Congress Keeps The Fiscal Sleaze In "Fiscal Responsibility")
Corporate welfare from Congress is a sneaky form of theft without a clearcut victim but plenty of profits for those who hire the right lobbying firms...
When Corporate Welfare Recipients Like GM Pack Up And Go
Towns are feeling ripped off in the wake of GM plant closings -- after forking over plenty in hopes of bribing GM into locating in or staying in their area...
Electing Obamney (Welfare Is Still Welfare When It Goes To The Wildly Rich)
We're way overdue for a viable independent candidate with a rational economic policy...
Rrrrm-Rrrrm-Remember The Free Market?
Government Motors (aka General Motors) is going to have some problems thanks to the Obama admin's pie-in-the-skie fuel economy targets...
