As Carly Fiorina gets a second look following her strong performance in last week’s debate, observers are noticing the emergence of an interesting theme in her campaign: opposition to the crony capitalism that infests so much of our economy today. “What we have now is less and less free market,” Carly points out, “and more […]
Recently first tier Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio was asked about his support of federal sugar subsidies. It was a reasonable question considering the Florida senator’s oft-stated aversion to business handouts. Rubio responded with: “I’m ready to get rid of the loan program for sugar, as long as the countries that export sugar into the […]
Farmers in the United States benefit from hundreds of government programs. In 2015 alone, they will receive about $18 billion in the form of direct taxpayer-funded subsidies. These so-called “farm income safety net” payments flow to farmers through federal crop price support, dairy income support and livestock insurance programs. As if that wasn’t enough, other […]
Marvin Horne doesn’t look like a man in open rebellion against the United States government, but the 70-year-old raisin farmer and his wife Laura have had enough. If they get their way, they’re not going to let the U.S. Raisin Administrative Committee take their raisins anymore. Yes, there’s a Raisin Administrative Committee. This week, the […]
In mid-December, the first large storms in three years drenched California. No one knows whether the rain and snow will continue—only that it must last for weeks if a record three-year drought, both natural and man-made, is to end. In the 1970s, coastal elites squelched California’s near-century-long commitment to building dams, reservoirs, and canals, even […]