Tag: corporate welfare

Manchin-Schumer Energy Deal Proves the Power of The Swamp

Commentary Never doubt the power of The Swamp. That’s the apparent lesson to be learned from Senator Joe Manchin’s reversal on the energy-related provisions of the pending reconciliation bill. Last month, Manchin derailed the measure which included some $300 billion in energy-related provisions. Manchin was pilloried by climate activists and by former Obama advisor, John Podesta,…


Canada’s Unhealthy Culture of Corporate Welfare

Commentary If indeed the state should ever be obligated to subsidize private enterprises, it is when those enterprises have been harmed through state intervention. Restrictions put in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through many industries and put hundreds of thousands of jobs at potential risk. The government created the Canada Emergency Wage…