Subsidies
Taxpayer-Subsidized Electric Car Charging Stations Get Few Users
Making free stuff that nobody wants is a special government talent
Debate over Public Funding for Cruise Ship Ports
Same arguments to support taxpayer-funded sports stadiums invoked
GOP Leaders Starting to Oppose Government Corporatism
Well, at least the version Obama promotes anyway
Millions Took Phone Subsidies Intended for Low-Income Individuals
Without proving they qualified
Fla. Lawmakers Worry About Tax Breaks for Video Game Companies
Not because they don't need them, but because they're taking them away from film and television companies (who also don't need them).
Congressmen Competing for Mass. Senate Seat Support Legislation That Would End Federal Oil Subsidies
Ed Markey (D-MA) and Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
No More Corporate Welfare
Selective, complicated exceptions to the law do not reduce the burden of government
"Fix the Debt" Activists Lobby for Tax Breaks
Hot air coming from wind industry representatives
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?
Boeing Cashes in on Obama Administration Loan Guarantees
Export-Important Bank funneled more than $12 billion in 2012 to back company's sales
DOE Launches "Manhattan Project" for Battery Innovation
Hopefully they will not be dropped on Japan
How on Earth Is a 401(k) a Government Subsidy?
A journalist proposes taxing the money people set aside for savings and then forcing them to save money via the government instead
Superhero Subsidies
Politicians eager to see their cities destroyed offer giveaways to filmmakers.
Lincoln Movie a Product of Millions in Virginia Tax Subsidies
The governor got to rub elbows with stars
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
Rhode Island Sues Curt Schilling over Video Game Company Loan
Lawsuit also names for state economic development head
Taxpayers on the Hook for Gwinnett, Ga. Baseball Stadium
Public subsidies for stadiums are win-lose propositions: The teams win, and the taxpayers lose.
Hurricane Sandy a Huge Boon to the Economic Fallacy Industry
Broken windows as far as the eye can see
Subsidies Lure Musicians — to Nashville
Why ever would a banjo-strummer go there on his or her own dime?
Classical Musicians Take to the Barricades (Again)
Longhair labor disputes are the inevitable product of an impossible business model.
No Federal Charges over Subsidized Game Company's Collapse
Rhode Island Police still investigating possible violations of state law
Curt Schilling Puts Mass. Home up for Sale
After collapse of video game company, seeks $3.5 million for 20-room house
Bankrupt Solar Company Struggled with Faulty Product
But blamed failure on Chinese competition
EU Seeks $12 Billion from US over Boeing Subsidies
While US complains about China's subsidies, this is going on