The Truth About Oil Subsidies

Try this on your friends. Ask them if they think that Congress should eliminate subsidies to oil companies. I would guess that it would be almost unanimous that they should, at least from my experience.

But here is the trick: There are no oil subsidies.

If you define “subsidy” as “a sum of money granted [...]

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Obama, The Buffett Tax, And Economics

The controversy over the “Buffett tax” on “millionaires” and “billionaires” continues since my post, “The Obama Plan To Increase Poverty”. The media have been full of interviews and commentary about this. The President continues to hammer away at his claim that the lack of wealth redistribution is a “drag on the economy.”

The issue is [...]

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