We’ve Defeated Fred Upton!

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  July 24th at 08:40 AM  | 

Well, not exactly.  Fred Upton has defeated Fred Upton. As the primary season progresses, we’ve see this pattern repeat itself on numerous occasions.  There’s an old bull Republican who has been pushing for big government and anti-free-market policies for years.  Then, as soon as his primary opponent begins to sow the seeds of disquiet in his district, the old bull lurches to the right, introduces | Read More »

For Some Republicans, Free Markets are Gone With the Wind

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 17th at 09:45 PM  | 

One of the most appalling features of Obama’s presidency is the expansion of green venture socialism on behalf of corporate cronies who helped finance his campaign.  Obama’s use of stimulus funds to distort the energy market with subsidies and loans to unprofitable solar energy companies has become the hallmark of his presidency, and it has theoretically provided us with a potent political weapon.  Yet for | Read More »

Lots of Taxpayer Green Going to Greens

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 7th at 02:48 PM  | 

Democrats have a penchant to misconstrue the parlance related to tax credits and subsidies.  They refer to subsidies as tax cuts and tax cuts as subsidies.  They would have you believe that oil companies are completely on the dole, while solar and wind companies are heavily taxed entities in desperate need of some “tax breaks” and loans in order to alleviate the burden of producing | Read More »

Senator Jerry Moran Wants to Pick Losers in the Market: His Choice is Big Wind

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 21st at 02:15 PM  | 

If I were pressed to offer one anecdote exemplifying our failure to elect consistent conservatives to Congress last November, the story of Senator Jerry Moran and Big Wind would be at the top of the list. In 2010, then-Congressman Jerry Moran beat former Congressman Todd Tiahrt for the Republican nomination for Senate in Kansas running as a red meat conservative.  He easily won the seat | Read More »

Governors Branstad and Brownback Spew Hot Air for Big Wind

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 06:50 AM  | 

After billions in stimulus funding failed to transform impotent green energy sources into profitable endeavors, even Obama has taken a break from promoting Wind and Solar.  He is even talking more about oil and gas exploration, although his sincerity is in serious doubt.  Unfortunately, some Republicans have not relinquished their affinity for using public funds to prop up their local wind industry. Yesterday, Iowa Gov. | Read More »

It’s Time for a Balanced Approach to Deficits and Green Energy

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  August 8th at 10:58 AM  | 

The Democrats think the American people are stupid.  Throughout the debt ceiling imbroglio, Obama and every single elected Democrat have regurgitated their talking points about a balanced solution to the debt crisis.  They have insulted the intelligence of every voter by intimating that the budget can be balanced by eliminating a few tax credits.  No, they don’t want to talk about the tens of trillions | Read More »

Let’s Nail Democrats on Their Duplicity with Energy Subsidies

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 18th at 09:26 AM  | 

“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”~ President Ronald Reagan Democrats (and the Maine Republicans ladies) are agog to demonize oil companies and punish them with punitive tax increases.  Their effort was defeat yesterday 52-48, but they plan to continue | Read More »