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We’ve long chronicled the incredibly obnoxious government cronyism incredibly huge Amazon (Market Cap: $779 billion) garners.

Old arguments and justifications have worn thin — and fans are no longer fooled.

After a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement, President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers released a study that concluded many people who receive Medicaid benefits can work but choose not to.

As states compete to attract new residents and increase their tax bases, two very different strategies have come to the forefront.

Last week, House Republican leaders tried to get a farm bill passed by making changes to the food stamps program.

We less-government-types want to see an end to as much government subsidy money and protectionism as possible.

John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #86 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from OpentheBooks.com, the Washington Policy Center, and The Heritage Foundation.

“They that sow the wind – shall reap the whirlwind.” From the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Hosea, it means that if you choose to do X, expect to get X – good and hard.

Conventional wisdom is that Elon Musk is a genius. That he’s an avant-garde innovator – taking entrepreneurial risks way out on the edge. Here is but a sample of the paean news coverage – media members genuflecting so much that their pants are now baggy.

Businesses and industries looking for government handouts have produced studies that predict big paybacks. Roy Cordato of the John Locke Foundation says there’s a great reason to take these studies with a shaker or two of salt.