When the government tries to "fix" the economy, we lose. Politicians' cronies often win. In this week's syndicated column, I take a look at crony capitalism (crapitalism) and "The Great Deformation"--which is what former Reagan budget director, David Stockman, calls what the Fed and the Treasury has done to our economy.

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"The Chosen Ones" are people selected by government to get perks... special favors, tax breaks, cronyism... what I call crapitalism... continue reading »

Republicans say they believe in free-markets and limited government... continue reading »

Today, Serious Materials closed its Chicago plant. Another 50 workers lost their jobs... continue reading »

This weekend (stay tuned for official airdate), I will air my new FOX News special.  I call it: Freeloaders. In America today, who are the biggest freeloaders?   Panhandlers?  Poor people? You may be surprised that some of America’s biggest recipients of handouts are rich people, and well-connected corporations.  The biggest corporate freeloaders may be the biggest industrial corporation in the world:  General Electric. I write about that in this week’s syndicated column:

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It's amazing how modern politics resembles scenes of Ayn Rand's best-seller Atlas Shrugged. Like the one in which a high-ranking government official pumps millions of dollars into a failing railroad company.  The grateful railroad CEO rewards the government official by renovating his hometown train station and naming it after the government official. The renovation costs $5,700,000 more than expected. Then comes the ribbon cutting ceremony... continue reading »

Congress created “Alaska Native Corporations” in the 80’s to help Alaskan American Indians, giving them privileges like “no-bid” government contracts. That means they can charge more and do less... continue reading »

I’ve reported on a remarkable little window company, Serious Materials. Somehow, that little company got personal endorsements from both President Obama and Vice President Biden.  Biden appeared at the company and told them:

You are making some of the most energy efficient windows in the world.  I would argue THE most energy efficient windows in the world... continue reading »

The Orlando Sentinel reports this week on a particularly blatant piece of government waste... continue reading »

Everyone says he likes small business.  Even big-government types.  Then they find all kinds of reasons to make business owners jump through hoops for the right to operate. On my show Thursday, and column this week, I cover several  examples:

Case No. 1. The monks at St... continue reading »