Subsidies
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Environment/Energy
Let’s End Welfare Recipient-Fake Energy Wind And Solar – Not Actual Energy Source Coal
by Seton Motley July 5, 2018The ongoing, rolling fact is – “green energy”…is neither green nor energy.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsGovernmentRegulationScienceTaxes
Insuring Disaster
by Daniel Sutter June 28, 2018Subsidizing building in risky areas is poor policy, but I think that transparency makes direct subsidies a better option.
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Budgets/Taxes
Left Critical of Trump Steel Tariffs—Does This Mean They’ll Then Scrap the “Tariff” Economy They Helped Create?
by Todd Gabel March 8, 2018What do Democrats plan to do with the tariff economy they themselves helped create?
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Real Needs Are Being Ignored in the Pursuit of Green Fantasies
by H. Sterling Burnett March 7, 2018Despite President Trump’s efforts to shore up its fortunes, the future of coal mining and electric power generation in the United States remains tenuous at best.
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Time for lawmakers to sack sports subsidies.
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Budgets/Taxes
Lawmakers Should Sideline Handouts for Sports Stadiums
by Jesse Hathaway November 15, 2017Sports team owners, and the elected officials who enable their graft, say using taxpayer money to pay for stadium construction is an investment in local economic growth.
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Budgets/Taxes
Those In Subsidized Houses – Shouldn’t Throw Crony Government Accusations
by Seton Motley October 12, 2017We less-government-types want to see an end to as much government subsidy money and protectionism as possible.
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Internet/Telecom
Obamacare Democrats – Now Promise ‘Affordable’ Government Internet ‘For All’
by Seton Motley October 3, 2017Obamacare’s official legislative name was, of course, “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” Washington, D.C. is very good at naming things. DC remains very terrible at doing things.
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The Obamacare death panel should be killed before it’s too late.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/Energy
The Power To (Over)Tax – Is The Power To Destroy
by Seton Motley June 20, 2017The late Supreme Court Chief Justice (amongst many other impressive gigs) John Marshall rightly noted “The power to tax – is the power to destroy.” The power to OverTax, of course – will destroy even more.
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As subsidies continue to enrich the rich, it’s time to radically reform U.S. farm programs.
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Government
Stupider Than Government Subsidies? Importing Government Subsidies
by Seton Motley April 7, 2017Political rookie Donald Trump won the White House in large part by running against just how stupid Washington, D.C. is. And DC stupidity is certainly a rich vein to mine.
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President-elect Donald Trump intends to hit the ground running on energy and environment policy. Trump already has an expert team in place drafting important policy changes from the Obama administration.