HQ2: How Amazon Made Governments Do Their Bidding for Free
It wasn't just about financial breaks and subsidies. Cities gave up all sorts of data the giant can use for its own market advantages.
Subsidies
South Carolina Island Seeks Chain Business Ban to Maintain 'Unique Character'
The ban may be well-intentioned, but it's misguided all the same.
Trump Isn't a Self-Made Man. His Wealth Is the Product of Years of Government Subsidies.
The family real-estate business was powered by subsidies and cheap government-backed loans.
We Should Eliminate Federal Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Rich People
79 percent of the EV tax credits go to households with adjusted gross incomes of $100,000 or higher
Seattle Mariners Want Taxpayers to Fork Over $180 Million, Or Else
The baseball team says it will only sign a long-term lease to remain at Safeco Field if the county ponies up.
Why the Heck Are Taxpayers Bankrolling Episodes of The Bachelorette?
Buy your own roses! Pay for your own fake romances!
The Super Bowl, Brought To You By Taxpayers
The National Football League is propped up by a wide range of public subsidies.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Takes Cronyism to the Next Level With $5 Billion Bid for Amazon Headquarters
The PRIME Act would fork over millions to one of the world's wealthiest corporations.
Amazon Announces Shortlist for New HQ; Abandon Hope All Ye Who Live in These Cities
How the hell did Brogden, Pennsylvania, and Anderson, Virginia, not make the list?
FERC Shuts Down Trump's Coal Cronyism
How an independent regulatory agency is supposed to work
Final GOP Tax Bill Retains Tax Credits for Wind Energy, Electric Cars
Some subsidies never die.
The Nanny State vs. The Nanny Goat
Peak goat is finally achieved as goat yoga appears in a taxpayer-subsidized, goat-themed baseball stadium.
Should the Government Try to Bribe You Into Having More Babies?
Increased wealth and technological progress give people greater liberty to decide when, how, with whom, and if they want to reproduce.
Los Angeles Mulls Multi-Million-Dollar Hotel Subsidy
Payouts to developers are never a win for taxpayers.
Trump's EPA Feeds the Ethanol Swamp Dwellers, Just As He Promised
The biofuels mandate is crony capitalism as usual.
Proposed Free Community College in Seattle Will be Anything But
Past programs have blown budgets and funneled money to well-off students
Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco
Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains
Stop Subsidizing Sports!
From stadium deals to college teams Olympics, why are taxpayers forced to pony up cash for athletic ventures that don't benefit them?
Five Cities That Got F*cked by Hosting the Olympics
Brazil, Russia, Greece, and China were all suckers in one of the oldest scams in sports
A Federal Coal Subsidy Is the Latest Insane Policy Idea
West Virginia governor says that Trump is "really interested. He likes the idea."
$3 Billion Foxconn Deal Is Biggest Corporate Subsidy in Wisconsin History
Economists say the deal makes little economic sense.
Amazon Prime vs. Government: The Private Sector Does It Better
Many residents of northern Canada have access to cheaper goods through Amazon Prime rather than stores selling state-subsidized products.
Can a Governor Save Rural Regions? Should He?
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia unveiled a plan for economic growth in the rural parts of the state.
California Doubles Down on Subsidizing Wealthy Buyers of Electric Cars
Legislators want to spend $3 billion a year paying for electric vehicle purchases.
National Endowment for the Arts
We Can't Cut the NEH, New York Times Columnist Says, Because Books Are Important
Nicholas Kristof conflates the fate of federal subsidies with the fate of the humanities.
D.C. Implements Oppressive Licensing for Child Care Workers at Behest of Early Education Advocates
Don't have at least an associate's degree? Step away from the finger paints, you monster.
Killing Big Bird
President Trump looks to cut funding to government-subsidized art and broadcasting.
Food Policy Experts Comment on Bests, Worsts, and What's to Come
The year that was and the year that will be.
Trump and McAuliffe Share a Lot
They both see politics as just another side of business.
Nuclear Power Subsidies Adopted by Illinois State Government
Subsidies for Everybody! Nukes evidently need subsidies to compete with renewable subsidies.
Officials Behind $500 Million Vikings' Stadium Subsidy Get Free Luxury Box Tickets for Family and Friends
Stadium deals are always bad for taxpayers, and this is one of many reasons why.
EpiPens and Government Cheese
Some things won't change no matter who wins the 2016 election.
The NCAA Should Be Free to Boycott N.C. Taxpayers Should Be Free to Stop Subsidizing Them.
Why are the rest of us paying for this dispute?
With Amtrak Subsidy, Biden Takes Taxpayers for a Ride
If Acela is such a great business, why does the federal government need to loan it money?
Why the USDA Shouldn't Be Buying Up Surplus Cheese
The feds are bailing out dairy producers. Here's why that's a terrible and wasteful mistake.
The Nuclear War Over Climate Change
If global warming is a problem, it is idiotic for environmentalists to oppose nuclear power.
Tennessee Taxpayers Forced to Keep Bankrolling Failed Television Show
Millions to keep Nashville on the air after cancellation.
Univ. of Georgia Stymies Open-Records Law in Pursuit of NCAA Titles
School also forces students to pay millions in athletic fees to cover programs.
Another Troubled City, Another Subsidized Stadium To the Rescue
Perpetually broke Hartford bets big-and stupid-on minor-league ballpark.
Corporate Influence over Government Is Bad…Unless They Hold the Correct Positions
Hollywood, NFL lobby to block law in Georgia to the cheers of the left.
From Regulating Uber to Subsidizing It
Not waiting for Uber to stop moving before subsidizing it.
The Pro Bowl Scam
How the NFL uses a taxpayer-funded tourist agency to subsidize its all-star game.
Obama Falls 600,000 Electric Cars Short, Science Advances by Funerals, and Record Wildfires?
A scitech research and policy round up for January 7, 2016
