WI Hits Firm With Antitrust Penalty, Then Awards it Investment Credits
One hand, the other hand, etc.
Corporate Welfare
How Walt Disney Cashes In on Corporate Welfare
Why are taxpayers picking up the tab for Mickey Mouse?
Wind-Power Companies Among Fiscal Cliff Winners
Everybody loves a little unaffordable corporate welfare
Formula One Racing Gets Tens of Millions from TX Taxpayers
Because it could never make a go of it on its own, right?
Secretive SC Panel Doles Out Corporate Welfare
"Public" notices of meetings are posted by their own elevators
The Hobbit Got a Cool $120 Million in Subsidies From New Zealand
Because Warner Bros. could never foot the bill itself, right?
Strange Bedfellows Coalition Blasts "Green" Subsidies for Utilities
Green is the favorite color of corporate welfare
Baseball Commissioner Defends Tax-Funded Sports Complexes
Well, of course that welfare queen likes his goodies
Florida Weighs Corporate Welfare for New Sports Stadium
Tampa Bay taxpayers already funded one baseball stadium. Will they be forced to subsidize another?
Strapped El Paso Plans To Subsidize Private Water Park
The slide 'n' splash is the key to prosperity, for sure
Austin, TX Closed-Mouthed About Bill for Car-Race Subsidies
But taxpayers will pick up the tab, whatever its size
Taxpayers on the Hook for Gwinnett, Ga. Baseball Stadium
Public subsidies for stadiums are win-lose propositions: The teams win, and the taxpayers lose.
The NFL's Bureaucratic Breakdown
Bad call in Green Bay/Seattle game was the result of an anti-competitive cartel that is getting worse.
Is the Age of the Publicly Funded Sports Arena Drawing to a Close?
The past few decades have seen an increase in public underwriting of sports arenas, but attitudes may be shifting.
The Stunted Vision of the Democratic Party
What "equality of opportunity" has come to mean.
Texas City Digs Deep To Offset Bass Pro Sales Shortfall
This is what you call a public-private partnership
The Party of Corporate Welfare vs. the Other Party of Corporate Welfare
Elizabeth Warren picks the wrong evening to make a point.
The Worst Welfare Benefits the Best-Off: Corporations
Corporate welfare has all of the disadvantages of social-welfare spending with none of the benefits.
Land Grabs in the Developing World
How powerful interests seize land from peasants, pastoralists, and others around the globe
Where Free-Market Economists Go Wrong
Subsidies, stimulus, regulations, protectionism, trade restrictions, government-bank collusion, zoning, bailouts and more do not equal a "free" market.
Nevada Lures Apple With Tax Breaks
The state Board of Economic Development signed off on an $89 million package
Solyndra Tagged White House as "Bank of Washington"
In an email, the company's CEO had high praise for government subsidies
Big Federal Subsidies for Batteries
The federal government is doling out lots of dough so that private companies don't have to spend their own on battery research
Nevada Gives Few Corporate Handouts, Has Lower Taxes
With fewer demands for taxes, Nevada has less need, or ability, to pay off businesses
War Is Still a Racket
They say war is a fight between forces seeking victory. But sometimes the conflict is more complicated than that.
The Washington Redskins Are About to Fleece Virginia Taxpayers
The third richest professional sports team in the world will receive nearly $7 million in subsidies to train in Virginia.
