The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. — John McCain Copy Share Image
Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine,… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I did very much like [Barack] Obama's attack on fossil fuel subsidies for fossil fuel companies. We asked for that in demonstrations… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice.… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I don't mind payin' for the police and for streets and sanitation, or road work, bridges, trains, food subsidies and welfare. But… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
It's estimated that about 30 percent of the increase in grain prices could be attributed to the decision to embrace biofuels, particularly… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Every candidate running for president has got to answer the following very simple question: At a time when we need to address… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If you care about your personal liberty, you'll be cautious when you feel comfortable, blame all the illegal immigrants for everything. What… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
“All varieties of the producers' policy are advocated on the ground of their alleged ability to raise the party members' standard of… — Ludwig Von Mises Copy Share Image
The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Business corporations in general are not defenders of free enterprise. On the contrary, they are one of the chief sources of danger…Every… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
“You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children Her government subsidy check came to $4,892. — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, 'You can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you… — Thomas Massie Copy Share Image
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes,… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population. — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
Let's get rid of all our subsidies together. Let's join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we're going… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Taken together, these subsidies distort behaviour and trade in unhelpful ways. They have created products that make no economic sense in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness… — Virginia Foxx Copy Share Image
We've seen the government give out subsidies to companies, those companies turn around and use it for executive bonuses. — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
Governmental subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience, while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
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