Tag: Inflation Reduction Act
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The Subsidy Kings: Large Corporations, Farms & Non-Profits (Part II)
by William L. Kovacs, ©2024 (Oct. 29, 2024) — [See Part I of this series here.] The 2024 presidential campaign is between two political candidates promising socialism with massive subsidies to corporations, notwithstanding both claiming to be committed capitalists. Harris is promising housing subsidies, paid leave, ACA premium credits, additional childcare tax credits, and the extension…
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The Transportation Highway to Dystopia
by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center, ©2024 (Mar. 1, 2024) — Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency allocated $3 million for Tennessee to develop its first-ever climate plan through a Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant, which was established by the Inflation Reduction Act. The plan is to be divided into two parts and done over…
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Federal Government Growth Fueled by the IRS
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2024 (Jan. 21, 2024) — Last month, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report, astute analysts noticed that the U.S. government was the second-largest growth area for employment. In November 2023, the federal government hired an astonishing 49,000 new workers. In contrast, private employers experienced 45,510 job losses.…
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A Strategy for Climate Skeptics to Gain Public Support
by William L. Kovacs, ©2024 (Jan. 3, 2024) — Parts I and II suggest climate skeptics change their lobbying strategy from the current focus on the scientific flaws in green technology to a strategy that addresses the very high cost to taxpayers of federal green subsidies and product bans. Part III sets out a proposed…
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Climate Skeptics Win by Revealing Costs, Not Disputing Science
by William L. Kovacs, ©2023 (Dec. 20, 2023) — Part I discussed how the Progressive Left transitioned their climate strategy from one of oppressive regulations during the Obama administration to giving away massive amounts of money during the Biden administration. This policy change made all the difference in gaining general support from the American business…
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Memo to Climate Skeptics: You’re Losing, Change Strategies
by William L. Kovacs, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — As 90,000 corporate and environmental elites land their private planes in Dubai to be exquisitely wined and dined at the UN Climate Conference (“COP 28”) from November 30 to December 12, 2023, they will be demanding more reductions in fossil fuels and trillions more dollars for…
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Tax Expenditures and Cardsharps Deal from Bottom of the Deck
by William L. Kovacs, ©2023 (Oct. 5, 2023) — Without being a card player, it can be difficult to spot a cardsharp who cheats by manipulating cards to serve their own interest. Without being a tax expert and certified accountant, it is difficult to spot how federal tax expenditures manipulate government spending for friends and…
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The Real “Existential Threat” to People and Planet
by Don Ritter, ©2022 (Oct. 16, 2022) — It’s ironic. The very Biden Administration and European Government policies that are supposed to address the asserted “existential threat” of climate change are themselves the true existential threat to modern civilization. As someone trained in science and engineering, a lifelong hiker, gardener and lover of nature in…
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The Coming Green Electricity Nightmare
by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2022 (Oct. 2, 2022) — Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) wanted regulatory reform, in part to reverse some of the Biden Administration reversals of Trump era reforms intended to expedite permits for fossil fuel projects. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) needed Manchin’s vote in the 50-50 Senate to enact his latest spending…
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China and India not following Biden’s War on Coal
by Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris, ©2022 (Sep. 19, 2022) — With his approval of the dangerous and irrational Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden continues to make good on his administration’s promise to put the coal industry out of business within eight years. After all, at the United Nations COP26 climate conference last…
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Biden Energy Policies: Incoherent, Incompetent, Intolerable
by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2022 (Sep. 3, 2022) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. EPA is truly a landmark ruling. It decisively rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to use vague, “previously little-used” language in the Clean Air Act to shutter America’s remaining coal-fired power plants and force the nation…
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Electric Vehicles are the Latest Democrat Mandate
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2022 (Aug. 28, 2022) — Democrats love to issue mandates, whether it involves useless masks, COVID-19 vaccines, or the car you purchase. This week, the far-left states of California, Massachusetts and Washington issued mandates requiring the purchase of electric vehicles. In all these states, unless a hefty fine is paid,…
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Joe Manchin Shows His True Colors
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2022 (Jul. 31, 2022) – In announcing a deal with far-left Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) exposed his true ideology once again. Manchin, who balked at supporting the $3 trillion “Build Back Better” legislation, reached an agreement with Schumer after months of negotiations. The…