subsidies
Trump should give federal aid to newspapers, too
So President Trump wants to give farmers a $12 billion subsidy because his tariffs are hurting their soybean business. I’m as fond of soybeans and other vegetables as the next...
The push for 'prevailing wages' is just a giveaway to Big Labor
State lawmakers are looking to make a bad law even worse by expanding the “prevailing wage” mandate. The burden now hits only public-development projects, essentially forcing union wages and union...
House fails to pass farm bill over immigration fight
House conservatives killed a farm subsidy bill that would have imposed work requirements on food stamp recipients because they didn’t get their way on tough immigration reform. The House Freedom...
Cynthia Nixon has already caved under pressure
Cynthia Nixon has caved on the one issue where she’d been a truly pleasant surprise: New York’s obscene subsidies for Hollywood film and TV production. Soon after announcing her left-wing...
Cuomo's magical tax thinking
Stung by the repeal of unlimited state and local tax (SALT) deductions on federal income taxes, and concerned by the implications for high-tax New York, Gov. Cuomo this week pledged...
GOP tax bills aim to derail the green-power gravy train
Commentators, as well as congressional Democrats, have criticized the Republican tax bill for being rushed through the House and Senate without significant debate. While that complaint — plus the fact...
Stop subsidizing the Big Wind bullies
Last month, Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, complained that the state is a “tough place to develop” big renewable-energy projects due to a...
Trump's right about plan for 'bailing out' health insurers
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress are pushing for a $10 billion a year payout to insurance companies that sell ObamaCare plans. President Trump calls it “bailing out” the insurance...
The issue that could sink Democrats and other comments
Conservative: Mayim Bialik Was Right About Modesty National Review’s David French finds it “deeply unfortunate” that actress Mayim Bialik “felt the need to apologize” for her op-ed piece in The...
Kaepernick probably won't win and other comments
Urban expert: Andrew Cuomo’s Subsidy Sinkhole Gov. Cuomo never misses an opportunity to proclaim that “Upstate is back.” But Greg David at Crain’s New York says a new Federal Reserve...
State AGs ready to sue Trump over health care subsidies
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said late Thursday that he and other AGs are ready to sue President Trump to defend the subsidies that help Americans obtain health insurance....
Trump will end ObamaCare subsidy payments
President Trump will halt subsidy payments to insurers who sell coverage under Obamacare — a move that would deal a critical blow to the program, the White House confirmed Thursday...
Does Charlottesville reflect America and other comments
From the right: Does Charlottesville Reflect US Reality? The “repellant and disgusting” people who surfaced in Charlottesville this past weekend are all over the news. But Roger Simon at PJ...
Trump threatens to cut insurance subsidies — again
President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to reiterate his threat to cut insurance subsidies that help low-income people afford health care and make lawmakers pony up for their coverage....
Wind farms are building turbines taller than skyscrapers
Wind farm operators are betting on a new generation of colossal turbines, which will dwarf many skyscrapers, as they seek to remain profitable after European countries phase out subsidies that...
Senior lenders at odds with J.Crew over debt restructuring
J.Crew is having a harder time than expected refashioning the company’s debt, The Post has learned. The once hot but recently struggling New York retailer, now led by CEO Mickey...
Trump wants to destroy ObamaCare subsidies: report
A Monday court hearing could signal doom for ObamaCare. The Trump administration may drop the legal appeal that has kept $7 billion in annual cost-sharing subsidies flowing to health-insurance companies....
Residents frustrated with city after nine-year renovation delay
The city has spent more than $1 million subsidizing the rents of a dozen tenants it forced from a century-old Manhattan apartment building it promised to renovate in 2008. But...
Another smelly Cuomo giveaway
Any way you slice it, a $25 million chunk of change Gov. Cuomo funneled to a Hudson Valley health-group last year doesn’t look good. At the least, it’s more reason...
Cash in the wind: New York's wind-power giveaway
Gov. Cuomo doesn’t like nuclear energy. Last month, he finalized a deal that will prematurely shutter the Indian Point Energy Center, the twin-reactor facility that supplies about 25 percent of...