Elon Musk and Other Billionaire Welfare Cases
And what taxpayers can do to stop it.
The tech billionaire isn't alone among the mega-wealthy in getting piles of money from government at all levels, say the authors of Welfare for the Rich.
It's uncanny how solving climate change just happens to require the progressives' longstanding economic agenda.
Incentive programs for electric cars and solar panels mostly benefit those who can afford those things, while regulations that drive up the cost of energy hurt those who can't afford much to begin with.
Say hello to "Cash for Clunkers 2.0."
Extending the justification would allow government intervention into just about anything.
Nearly a year into his term, it's clear the president intends to flood the bog with energy mandates and subsidies.
Government monopolies drive prices up.
Trump will not stop 'irrevocable' transition to clean energy, say activists
Subsidies for Everybody! Nukes evidently need subsidies to compete with renewable subsidies.
While supposedly delivering about the same amount of electricity.
The U.S. renewable fuels standard backfires
The Texas senator is the first presidential candidate to win in Iowa while opposing federal support for ethanol.
A scitech research and policy round up for January 7, 2016
Tells an audience in Paris to never underestimate that power being used "in the service of good."
The top income quintile received about 90 percent of all electric and hybrid car tax credits.
Smart unsubsidized private investments in renewable power resources might increase the energy independence of the United States
NOT an outrageous example of crony capitalism after all.
America's renewables policy is bad for consumers, the environment, and the global poor.
The privileged win. The people lose.
Not an investment in the future but in people who know the right politicians
Reason's science correspondent sends a fourth dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
President recently announced subsidy would be cut
Nearly half the people who received government-funded training were unable to find work
The president proposes ecological central planning to solve global warming
Those who invested heavily may end up getting screwed
It's almost as if only non-viable firms need subsidies
Former employees want to force closed facility into bankruptcy
It turns out that stupid business models are stupid everywhere