Bailouts

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Proves Once Again He Is the Worst Mayor Ever
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio continues to ask for bailouts for the city, despite irresponsible spending before and during the pandemic.

States Should Not Get More Coronavirus Relief Funds
A Treasury Department interim report shows that state and local governments have spent less than a quarter of the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Federal Bailouts Punish Fiscally Responsible States
The House of Representatives prepares to vote on a $3 trillion stimulus bill, which includes $875 billion for state and local governments.

Ohio Senate to Vote on Nuclear Bailout
FirstEnergy Solutions’ (FES) nuclear power plant in Akron, Ohio needs a taxpayer funded bailout according to the company.

The Multiemployer Pensions Crisis Needs Reform, Not a Bailout
A billion-dollar taxpayer bailout of failing multiemployer pensions is on the horizon.

Senate Disaster Supplemental Would Add Billions of Dollars to Deficit Spending
The Senate is considering another poorly designed disaster aid package.

Nuclear Bailouts - A Radioactive Cost to Taxpayers
On March 22, 2019, the Trump Administration took another step to act on the president’s campaign promise to financially support coal and nuclear power.

State Energy Bailouts Pose More Urgent Threat Than Green New Deal
The Green New Deal and its associated hyperbole have commanded most of the recent attenti

Trump Administration takes heat with FERC nominee
All the way back at the beginning of the year, a federal energy regulator unanimously repudiated a proposed rule that would have subsidized coal and nuclear powerplants.

DOE Prepares Bailout for Unprofitable Power Plants
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has said that the country has ample power to supply market needs. FERC in

Adiós, Puerto Rico – A Story of Shameless Waste and Inefficiency
Plagued by significant population decline, relocation of businesses, and a crushing debt nea

Clarity on Costs Essential To Postal Reform
USPS is posting one thing very well; losses.