Sugarcoating the Cost of Special Interest Subsidies with Food Stamps

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 14th at 09:00 AM  | 

Here’s a novel idea: let’s stop subsidizing Big Sugar.  Maybe if the government wouldn’t intervene in the agriculture sector, inducing sharp increases in the price of commodities, many of the 46 million people on food stamps would be able to afford food. Then again, why would liberal politicians abrogate their source of political power?  They stand to benefit from subsidizing rich sugar farmers and keeping | Read More »

The Poor Aren’t Buying Obama’s Class Warfare

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

Obama is forcing our troops to fight a politically correct war in Afghanistan; however, he is prosecuting his class warfare with no holds barred.  Obama and the Democrats are the Navy SEALS of class warfare.  Fortunately, his target audience, the poor, are not impressed with his ferocity.  Obama’s support among the poorest Americans has dropped to an all time low, according to the latest Gallup | Read More »

The Left’s War on Food for Poor Continues

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 2nd at 08:09 AM  | 

As we observe the efforts of the left to drive up the cost of food, there is no wonder why so many people are having trouble feeding their families.  Their policies mandating the use of corn as fuel, as well as the inflationary aspects of the Fed’s recent QE2 policies, have kept the cost of food high for a long time.  Now, Obama’s EPA is | Read More »