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Daily Reckoning
March 28, 2018
American democracy will glory in even more spending… even more boondoggles… even more cronyism… even more debt. As with P.T. Barnum's ... Conservative National Review declared it “the sort of legislation that would have been right at home in the Obama administration.” Just so. But the swamp gotÃâà...
The Detroit News
March 28, 2018
Then in 2014, under a newly appointed director by the Obama administration, the FHFA pivoted and allowed GSE revenue to begin filling the coffers of the national HTF. Over the last couple of years, the HTF has been active and both Fannie and Freddie, despite remaining wards of the federal governmentÃâà...
American Spectator
March 26, 2018
The fight against crony capitalism can often feel sisyphean: no matter how much we fight, the cronies always seem to win. ... American Enterprise Institute also opposed the NOPR on the grounds that it attempted to pick winners and losers in the energy sphere just as President Obama's energy policy had.
Fox Business
March 20, 2018
The admissions were revealed in Schweizer's new book, “Secret Empire,” which found a pattern of investments in coal, offshore mining and for-profit universities that closely tracked the Obama administration's regulatory policy changes. Billionaire activists Tom Steyer and George Soros were among theÃâà...
New York Times
March 18, 2018
Beijing — He has stifled his political opponents and enriched friends and cronies. .... of the free world,” joining Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing commentators who seemed attracted to Mr. Putin's willingness to oppose President Barack Obama's plans to bomb Syria over its use of chemical weapons.
The Hill
March 18, 2018
Republicans made the elimination of onerous Obama-era regulations an early priority, but the effort has since stalled. That's unfortunate, as a great many destructive ... Further safeguards are also needed to prevent cronyism and abuse of the program by politicians. But these are properly questions for theÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 18, 2018
During his stay in New Zealand from Wednesday to Friday, Obama will meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and former Prime Minister John Key. During a visit to Sydney, Obama will meet Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday and Saturday before traveling to Japan the following day.
The Hindu
March 5, 2018
Interestingly, stocks of companies that did well after receiving favours under the Obama presidency began to underperform the stocks of similar companies after the surprise election victory of Donald Trump in November 2016. This probably suggests that investors expected these firms, which benefitedÃâà...
The Hindu
March 5, 2018
Brown and Huang also found that executives belonging to companies that contributed heavily to former U.S. President Barack Obama's election campaign were more likely to be granted access to the White House during his tenure. Interestingly, stocks of companies that did well after receiving favoursÃâà...
Care2.com
March 3, 2018
These non-representing representatives not only have responsibilities to their constituents but also to the Constitution. In the latter case that includes being a check on the power of the president. Yet, while many long-running members have been happy to block former Democratic President Barack Obama'sÃâà...
Artvoice
March 3, 2018
“The media protected Obama from criticism and controversy as aggressively as the Secret Service protected him from danger,” Margolis said. Margolis claims Obama brought to Washington corrupt Chicago machine politics of cronyism and corporate payoffs, combined with tactics meant to steer popularÃâà...
Newsweek
February 20, 2018
A watchdog group sued the Department of Justice Tuesday after the Trump administration refused to disclose potential coordination with the private prison industry that was allegedly headed up by Jared Kushner. Democracy Forward, a nonprofit that scrutinizes executive branch activity, filed the lawsuit inÃâà...
The Hill
February 13, 2018
There are few better examples of Obama-era crony capitalism than the FTC's decision to side with Apple — which had close ties to the administration — over its rival Qualcomm in a complaint against the chip maker. With just days left in the Obama administration in January 2017, his appointed FTC chairÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 6, 2018
One of Donald Trump's most important arguments during the Presidential campaign was that Beltway insiders have rigged the game in their own favor, benefitting the big guys and leaving the little guy in the cold. Battling “crony capitalism” was similarly part of the energy behind the Tea Party. This was theÃâà...
The Heartland Institute
February 3, 2018
In many instances – Trump has put a stop to it. In many other instances, unfortunately, he has not. Thanks to Obama, cronyism has become all-but-engrained in the DC DNA. They were the Crony Administration. So not only is the government doing way too many awful things – they are paying Leftist croniesÃâà...
PJ Media
December 31, 1999
President Barack Obama led regulatory attacks on numerous industries during his tenure at the White House. In many cases, his regulations — ostensibly to protect the public good — tanked the stock of various companies, enabling his close friends to swoop in and buy them for pennies on the dollar.
The Mercury
December 31, 1999
I've lived in this area for 32 years, Boyertown and Gilbertsville. Philadelphia Avenue and Reading Avenue in Boyertown and Philadelphia Avenue in Gilbertsville have never looked worse. It's really a shame but it's just gotten too old and nobody puts any real money into fixing those houses up in those littleÃâà...
The Japan Times
December 31, 1999
Aso fights for political survival as cronyism scandal threatens to divide ruling party ... Finance Minister Taro Aso was fighting for his political survival Tuesday as a growing cronyism scandal that has paralyzed the Diet threatened to divide the ruling ... Obama will visit Tokyo on March 25 on the last leg of.
