Crony capitalism only Boeing could love: Column
Recently, I stumbled across a surprising statistic. According to a January Rasmussen poll , 71% of Americans believe that "government gives special treatment to companies with the most political connections." I was initially surprised that this number ...
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Libor scandal erupts: Another taste of crony capitalism
Libor scandal erupts: Another taste of crony capitalism
They have been up to their necks in crony capitalism. Even Lord Adair Turner, former head of the CBI, and now head of the Financial Services Authority, accused the bankers as being “socially useless”. “Foreign exchange carry trades are, as far as I can ...
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Ex-Im Bank Crucial to Clinton Crony Capitalism Faces Closure
Obviously, there is no shortage of crony capitalism at Ex-Im. However, a just-released addendum to the AT report highlights Ex-Im's involvement in funding many of the green-energy projects I've covered in the past few years. Recipients of Ex-Im support ...
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Mike Huckabee: Crony capitalism stifling 'fair tax'
Mike Huckabee: Crony capitalism stifling 'fair tax'. Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee addresses attendees during Rick Scott&#. Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ...
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Listen Live: Arguments For & Against Export-Import Bank, Crony Capitalism at ...
The Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of corporate welfare and crony capitalism ever imagined. Created during FDR's days, Ex-Im guarantees loans and gives other assistance to foreign companies seeking to buy goods from such as ...
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Crony Capitalism Pays Big For Democratic Donor Elon Musk
Our friends at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) recently criticized tech entrepreneur Elon Musk for defending his taxpayer-subsidized businesses of SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity. In response to a Los Angeles Times article noting Musk's $ 4.9 ...
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Bipartisan crony capitalism and America's Constitutional crisis
Bipartisan crony capitalism and America's Constitutional crisis
Schumer noted, the tea party is no friend to the crony capitalists of big business, who influence big government favors to increase profit and to funnel more cheap foreign labor into America. According to the website Open Secrets, 87 percent of Schumer ...
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This Is What Crony Capitalism Looks Like: Boeing Is Threatening to Move ...
When has crony capitalism really gotten out of control? How about when a major U.S. corporation (a huge defense contractor, no less) is publicly threatening government officials to leave the country if the federal government doesn't continue to boost ...
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