'Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter' Is a Grand-Slam Attack on Publicly Financed Stadiums
A new documentary chronicles the defeat of a grassroots protest to halt the Texas Rangers' subsidized stadium deal.
Crony Capitalism
There's Something for Everyone To Hate in Sen. Martha McSally's Plan for Federally Subsidized Vacations
The Arizona Senator would give families an $8,000 tax credit, plus $500 for each child, to take a trip that's at least 50 miles from their home but not outside the United States.
Jersey City Is Growing Leafy Greens for $17 Per Pound to Give Away for 'Free'
The city will spend close to $1 million building vertical gardens to provide produce for its healthy eating programs.
The Trump Administration Wants To Subsidize Domestic Drug Manufacturing. The First Contract Looks Like a $350 Million Grift.
A member of the five-month-old company's board has been touting bogus stats about America's supposed dependency on Chinese-made drugs.
America Wasn't Ready for Coronavirus
Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic
Governments Splurged on Stadiums and Luxury Hotels Before Coronavirus Shut Them All Down
These subsidies were a bad deal for taxpayers even in good times. In the midst of a global pandemic, they're devastating.
Airlines Make Out Like Bandits in $2.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Bill
A lot of industries and individuals are suffering right now. A select few corporations are getting big bailouts.
The Cronyism Buried in the Latest Coronavirus Relief Bill
It requires companies to allow its workers to take paid sick leave, unless the business employs more than 500 people. What?
Study Says Foxconn Deal Cost Wisconsin $20 Billion in Lost Economic Growth
Once again, government-subsidized projects fail to deliver
Steel Company CEO Says Everyone Else Should Have To Pay for Trump's Tariffs, but Not Him
Robert Wetherbee says steel tariffs might force his business to shutter. But instead of asking for the tariffs to be lifted, he wants special treatment.
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Lacks Needed Reform
Corporate welfare wins again.
Michigan Lawmakers Overturn a Bad Regulation Restricting Access to Cancer Treatments
They should scrap other Certificate of Need laws too.
When the Government Creates Mandatory Shortages
Don’t let regulators and their cronies suppress competition.
End the Failed Renewable Fuel Standard Experiment
Why Congress should abolish the ethanol mandate.
Tax-Prep Cronyism Revealed in IRS Emails
Plus: Texts encouraging suicide yields charges again, California fires, Rep. Katie Hill and #MeToo politics, impeachment news, and more...
Wisconsin's Massive Foxconn Boondoggle Is Getting Worse
The Taiwan-based tech company promised to open "innovation centers" in several cities around the state. But now those are on hold, too.
Michigan Health Care Regulators Just Restricted Access to Promising New Cancer Treatments
The state's largest hospital chain didn't want the competition.
California Has Completely Crapped the Bed Rolling Out Legal Marijuana
The black market still dominates. And more enforcement and fines aren’t going to fix it.
Lobbyists Trying To Revive Ex-Im Bank's Zombie Corpse for 10 More Years
A lobbying effort aimed at unleashing more cronyism launches while a new report demonstrates why the bank should be permanently shuttered.
California Might Resurrect Redevelopment Agencies That Were Wasteful Exercises in Corporate Welfare
Milton Friedman famously observed that "nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." The rare demise of a government program, it seems, is temporary too.
Curt Schilling Blew $75 Million in Public Funds Making Bad Video Games. Naturally, He Thinks He Should Be in Congress.
Schilling and Trump are alike in attacking immigrants for costing money, while seeking out business subsidies.
This Steelmaker Looked Like a Winner in the Trade War. Now It's Suing the Commerce Department Over Tariffs.
Protectionism fails, even for those who were supposed to benefit.
Don't Believe the Hype: Sales Tax Holidays Are Usually a Ripoff
A weekend where a few items are free of sales taxes is a poor substitute for permanent reforms.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Can't Stay Awake During Meetings. Does That Mean It's Time to Put His Whole Crony Capitalist Department to Rest?
The Commerce Department is a major dispenser of corporate welfare.
Socialists Are Scary, but Capitalists Are Their Own Worst Enemies
New research shows that business leaders who benefit from government favoritism are more comfortable with government intervention into markets.
D.C.'s Metro Is A Mess. Today the FBI Raided the Home of a Transit Board Member in Corruption Probe
The FBI raided the house of D.C. City Councilman and Metro board member Jack Evans as part of a federal grand jury investigation.
Kansas City Uses Bad Research To Justify Corporate Welfare
A local development study didn't evaluate whether government incentives had anything to do with a business's decision to invest.
Court Upholds Baltimore's Cronyist Rules Limiting Food Trucks
The ruling says it's acceptable for cities to use ordinances to protect some businesses from competitors.
Backers of California's Paper Receipt Crackdown Overhype 'Skip the Slip'
A California bill to crack down on paper receipts relies on scare tactics and misinformation.
Illinois' Top Court Blesses Chicago's Cronyist Anti-Food-Truck Regulations
Restaurateurs get protection from small competitors. It’s the citizens who lose out on delicious food choices.
Congress Just Restored the Export-Import Bank. It Still Deserves to Die.
The evidence against the agency is overwhelming.
Paying Too Much for Natural Gas? Thank the Jones Act.
The federal law protecting the shipping industry from competition strikes again.
Minnesota City Will Soak Taxpayers To Build a Water Park at the Mall of America
More than $60 million of government money could flow to a private water park next to the Mall of America.
Stossel: Enough Crony Capitalism!
How established businesses use government to limit competition.
Justin Amash Wants To Kill the Zombified Remains of the Export-Import Bank
The bank has been operating as a shell of its former cronyist self since 2015. Just put it out of its misery already.
The Corporate Welfare Keeps Rolling for Amazon's Virginia HQ2
Arlington County officials have released the terms of their multi-million dollar subsidy package.
A Presidential Tweet Can't Stop the TVA from Shuttering Two Coal-Fired Generation Plants
So far, Trump's efforts to subsidize his coal cronies have failed.
Private Train Cars, Murder Task Forces, Captain Kirk: Cities Offered Amazon Some Weird Shit
But none of it is a substitute for developing a robust and vibrant economy. And neither is landing a single big employer like Amazon.
Pennsylvania Governor Waited to Release Amazon HQ2 Bid Until After Winners Were Announced
Sure, the public deserves to know what Amazon was getting offered. But it deserved to know all along, too.
Amazon Welcomes You to "National Landing": Reason Roundup
In addition to tax credits, Virginia is giving Amazon the right to rename the area around its new headquarters.
Stossel: Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism
Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations.
Iowa Eye Surgeon Wants to Open His Own Clinic. For 14 Years, His Competitors Have Stopped Him.
A lawsuit challenging Iowa's Certificate of Need laws goes before a federal judge today.
