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Crony Corner
Crony Corner
by | Jan 15, 2019

More reports of troubled Defense spending have arisen. Project on Government Oversight (POGO) recently wrote about the inability of the…

by | Jan 15, 2019

The American sugar program is a strong contender for the poster child for crony capitalism. And this year, it’s up…

by | Jun 27, 2018

Public sector union members can put their money where their mouth is, or isn’t.

by | Jun 14, 2018

Commodity programs are cronyism run amok. Government subsidies (paid for by your tax dollars, of course) protect farmers from reduced crop…

by | Jun 11, 2018

A few weeks ago, we looked into the state of commodity programs from the perspective of farmers. We found that…

by | Jun 7, 2018

Another day, another restaurant with black-and-green “Save Our Tips” signs plastered all over. It’s become a common experience for me…

by | May 30, 2018

In the wake of Seattle’s decision to enact an Employee Head Tax (EHT) to fight homelessness, media reporting has largely…

by | May 29, 2018

As the battle over the Farm Bill has raged in the background, we’ve been spending the last few weeks looking…

by | May 18, 2018

The amount of cronyism and subsidies in the nation’s agricultural program is too much to cover in a single article….

by | May 17, 2018

Defense contracting is hard to get right. Unelected government officials dealing out princely sums naturally creates an area of government…

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