In Gun Debate, Big Business Lines Up Yet Again As Left’s Guns For Hire
The presumption that big business and conservatives will march in lockstep because of shared views on macroeconomic policy is a bygone, and conservatives have no one to blame but themselves.
Trading Tax Breaks For Amazon’s New HQ Is Just Another Form Of Corporate Welfare
Amazon’s ability to secure special incentives provides a useful case study in how corporations hurt people in the name of ‘job creation.’
How Big Business Uses Big Government To Ruin Small Fishermen Like Me
Ensnared in an international trade dispute between Vietnam and very large U.S. catfish farms are hundreds of small wild-caught catfish producers throughout the United States.
Don’t Let Health Insurers Hold Americans Hostage For Cost-Sharing Payments
While insurers claim ‘uncertainty’ compels them to threaten pulling from exchanges or higher premiums, in reality the cause is their gross incompetence and crass politics.
When Pushing Women’s Advancement, Big Businesses Are Hypocrites
Ultimately, it’s pretty rich when a company with zero female executives urges leaders to challenge gender bias at work.
Don’t Blame GE For Pandering To Women, Blame Our PC Culture
GE’s plan to roll out gender quotas for hiring entry-level positions isn’t sexist. And it isn’t stupid. In today’s PC environment, it’s a savvy move.
Gambler Phil Ivey Can’t Get His Millions Because Casinos Are Too Big To Fail
Casinos refused to give professional gambler Phil Ivey what he had won. Instead of paying him, they sued him.
4 Ways Big Hospitals Screwed You Through Obamacare
The health-care sector seems to believe they have a God-given right to consume at least one-sixth of the economy (and growing).
How Populism Can Rejuvenate American Conservatism’s Ideas
A grand merger between conservatism and populism is a logical inevitability that will boost both the movement and, more importantly, the nation.
Ignoring The GOP Establishment’s Advice Might Have Been Trump’s Smartest Move
Based off the advice given in the GOP’s 2012 autopsy, one would have expected a candidate such as Donald Trump to stand little chance of winning in 2016.
Cigars Won’t Hurt You, But The FDA’s New Cigar Tax Will
The FDA recently reported there are minimal health risks associated with smoking two cigars a day. That didn’t stop them from issuing draconian regulations against the American cigar industry.
Special Favors For Connected Businesses Don’t Benefit Taxpayers
The Hemlock and Solyndra debacles are but two examples of government making ill-advised investments in a fledgling industry with taxpayer money. The list goes on for miles.
Big Business Still Has No Idea Why Americans Don’t Like It Or Common Core
Fortune magazine has no idea what capitalism means, even though it’s at the heart of why huge majorities of Americans distrust big business.
Walmart’s Not The Bad Guy This Time
Yes, Walmart has abruptly closed five stores, ending employment for more than 2,000. But it’s also given them all two months of paid leave.
The Republican Party Is Not Your Friend
The roots of the Republican Party’s conservative-establishment divide, revealed.
Can Anti-Corporatist Populism Save the GOP’s Electoral Fortunes?
A Republican Party that taps sentiment against government-business collusion can get its groove back. Here’s how I imagine the new electoral math.
Calculating the Real Cost of Corporate Welfare
Cronyism is a real and important problem for American families. But how we evaluate the cost also matters.
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