Tag: federal subsidies
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RIP Green New Scam: Efficiency Commission’s First Target
by William L. Kovacs, ©2024 (Nov. 11, 2024) — President-elect Donald Trump intends to establish an Efficiency Commission, a body dedicated to identifying and eliminating inefficiencies within the federal government and reducing its size. Elon Musk appears eager to accept the challenge. While similar commissions have produced mixed results, Musk has one advantage over prior…
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Report: Healthcare.gov Website Must be Functional by Mid-March to Avoid “Disaster”
WHAT IS THE REAL GOAL? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 18, 2014) — The Hill is reporting that a new contractor hired to complete the “back end” of the troubled Healthcare.gov website must complete its work within the next two months to avert “disaster” for the medical insurance industry. The title erroneously references “mid-December,” which at…
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Peter, Paul & Wary
PUNISHING THOSE WHO FOOT THE BILL by Don Fredrick, ©2013, blogging at The Obama Timeline (Oct. 4, 2013) — I like taking things to the extreme to prove a point (reductio ad absurdum). For example, I often ask people who argue that we need to raise the minimum wage, “Why should we not raise it…