More reports of troubled Defense spending have arisen. Project on Government Oversight (POGO) recently wrote about the inability of the…
The American sugar program is a strong contender for the poster child for crony capitalism. And this year, it’s up…
Commodity programs are cronyism run amok. Government subsidies (paid for by your tax dollars, of course) protect farmers from reduced crop…
A few weeks ago, we looked into the state of commodity programs from the perspective of farmers. We found that…
Another day, another restaurant with black-and-green “Save Our Tips” signs plastered all over. It’s become a common experience for me…
In the wake of Seattle’s decision to enact an Employee Head Tax (EHT) to fight homelessness, media reporting has largely…
As the battle over the Farm Bill has raged in the background, we’ve been spending the last few weeks looking…
The amount of cronyism and subsidies in the nation’s agricultural program is too much to cover in a single article….