When you pay taxes, you expect that money to go toward ensuring the greater good of society. Taxes pay for things like roads and hospitals, all of which are mutually beneficial to people from all ...

A new report from the Cato Institute highlights the extent to which corporate welfare has infiltrated the federal budget. According to the analysis, released this month, Washington spends $181 billion ...

MILWAUKEE — Corporate welfare is a bipartisan practice in Washington and state capitals, but ideologically, most conservatives and some liberals consistently inveigh against it. The topic scrambles ...

If you thought central planning died with the Soviet Union, you were wrong. Gov. Cuomo has revived it — with predictably disastrous results. Cuomo’s 2017 agenda doubles down on the corporate welfare ...

Hospitals are not as unpopular as other health care sectors, such as drug manufacturers and insurance companies. But like other ...

The GOP should curb business subsidies, corporate-tax loopholes, and the protection of favored industries. President Trump and his DOGE team are busy cutting the federal bureaucracy. Meanwhile, the ...

Congress created the usual special interest frenzy with its latest iteration of the farm bill. Agricultural subsidies are one of the most important examples of corporate welfare—money handed out to ...

Every year, the federal government redistributes hundreds of billions of tax dollars to various housing programs, and provides billions in housing subsidies through various tax breaks. One of the more ...

Lawmakers subsidize things they want. These include manufacturing and investing. They also tax things they don’t want. Hence the “sin taxes” on cigarettes and alcohol. So overall tax policy is aimed ...

Get ready for a wave of corporate welfare. Lawmakers are back in state capitols and they will surely introduce and enact a slew of subsidies for big business — a time-honored tradition embraced by ...

West Virginia’s governor asks Washington for billions of dollars to subsidize utility plants. Conservatives have long been among the biggest critics of welfare programs for poor and low-income ...

Politicians use a simple sales pitch when it comes to corporate welfare: It’ll create jobs, spur economic growth, and benefit local communities. But these promises are more used-car salesman than ...