Category archive: Corporatism
That which we call ethanol subsidies, by any other name, would still stink
By Chuck Roger • August 25th, 2011 12:00 am
By Chuck Rogér Our federal government continues to run a con that hands six billion taxpayer dollars a year to companies involved in producing ethanol-doped gasoline that damages engines, increases carbon emissions over pure gasoline, and costs more than pure gasoline. Yet earlier this year, Congress defeated attempts initiated by Senators Tom Coburn and Dianne [...]
Congressional Cowardice Sustains Ethanol Subsidies
By Chuck Roger • August 18th, 2011 12:00 am
Originally at American Thinker By Chuck Rogér At this moment, $6 billion in annual federal subsidies continue to be paid to American farmers to grow corn for producing ethanol. The ethanol continues to be added to gasoline, creating a mixture which will damage vehicles’ engines and result in carbon emissions no lower than those produced [...]
Programming Scientists to Perform Social Engineering
By Chuck Roger • June 14th, 2011 12:00 am
Originally at National Association of Scholars By Chuck Rogér An Arizona State University professor wants to train physical scientists to be social engineers. Political science professor David Guston contends that “stakeholders” in academia and industry should work with consumers and the feds to manage the “societal implications” of “environmental health and safety issues” surrounding certain technological [...]
Obama’s Symbolic Chevy Volt Folly
By Chuck Roger • June 8th, 2011 12:00 am
Originally at American Thinker, May 31, 2011 By Chuck Rogér Among 116 electric cars that the Obama administration intends to buy with taxpayer money, 101 will be Chevy Volts. The program will also include installing charging stations in San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C. According to USA Today, “The moves are [...]
AARP’s ObamaCare Endgame Revealed
By Chuck Roger • May 25th, 2011 12:00 am
Originally in American Thinker, May 24, 2011 By Chuck Rogér We now have a clear picture of the treachery in which AARP has engaged since President Obama took office. The Daily Caller reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted Medigap policy sellers, including the American Association of Retired Persons, exemption [...]
Why Don’t Republicans Want to Eliminate Farm Subsidies?
By Chuck Roger • April 14th, 2011 12:00 am
By Chuck Rogér Congressional Republicans claim that they want to cut spending. House Speaker John Boehner says, We’re listening to the people who sent us here to cut spending so we can grow our economy. As I’ve said from the beginning, our goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. Senate Minority Leader [...]
The liberal thought process: How will the ‘arts’ get ‘funded’?
By Chuck Roger • August 16th, 2010 3:30 am
We work; we produce; people value what we produce and pay us to continue producing. Whether the fruits of our production be things or services, the process, known as “supply and demand,” makes sense to 80% of Americans–at least 80% of Americans who have income and pay taxes. But polls find one-fifth of Americans calling [...]
