Just because Donald Trump is now president, it doesn’t mean that cronyism has suddenly come to a halt. Unfortunately, it’s likely going to remain the same or get even worse as time goes by. Last week, the president commemorated “Made in America,” and the White House held a special event that invited 50 businesses to […]
Archives for July 2017
Google spent $5.9 million in lobbying in Q2 2017: report
The technology sector is the biggest crony industry in the United States today. What was once a rebellious institution – we’re looking at you Bill Gates of the early-1990s – has now turned into cronyism at its finest, lobbying government for special privileges. Who are the biggest lobbying spenders in the tech sector? You guessed […]
Report: ‘Shrinkflation’ has affected 2,500 products since 2012
Shrinkflation – the process of decreasing the size of the product but keeping the same price – has been common in the marketplace for the last couple of years. What is usually the first step before rampant price inflation, we’re likely to see even more of it in the next couple of years. According to […]
Chart: Will greater education, healthcare spending save the U.S.?
For years, you have heard from the left that the United States government needs to invest in healthcare and education. If only the U.S. spent more on these two issues would all of our problems be solved. You hear this all the time from the Bernie Sanders crowd. But the U.S. already spends a great […]
Paging Thomas DiLorenzo – The Never-Ending Woes of a Government ‘Enterprise’
By: Gregory Bresiger History is something one can try to escape, but sometimes you can’t as millions of train riders find out every day. They can’t escape Penn Station falling apart along with Amtrak, New York City commuter railroads, and the New York City subways. They all have the same problem: Every day they are reminded […]