The Government Is a Hitman: Uber, Tesla, and Airbnb Are in Its Crosshairs

The real losers are not just the next generation of innovators but also customers who lose out on more ways of getting what they need or want.   Nick Gillespie Time 3/20/2014

…in today’s sluggish economy, it’s more important than ever that market innovators win out over crony capitalists. Letting markets work to find new […]

March 20th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Economy, Government regulations, New Jersey, Politicians, Taxes, technology | Comments are closed

Tesla CEO Buys $17 Million Mansion; Got $465 Million Govt. Loan

 

Wynton Hall Breitbart.com Big Government 29 Dec 2012

Taxpayers footed the bill for a $465 million loan to troubled electric carmaker Tesla as part of President Barack Obama’s “green energy” stimulus. But Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is now riding high with the purchase of his new $17 million mansion.

Mr. Musk’s 20,248-square-foot hilltop […]

December 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Barack Obama, California, Taxes | Comments are closed

Why Is the Government Subsidizing a $104,000 Car?

Is Fisker Automotive the next Solyndra? Maybe, but that misses the larger point.

William Tucker The American Spectator 2/14/2012

Fisker Automotive suspended efforts in Delaware last week to retool an abandoned GM production plant into a manufacturing facility for its new electric hybrid NINA, derived from the $104,000 luxury Karma.

Fisker’s problem is that it […]

February 14th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Barack Obama, Delaware, Department of Energy, Europe, Taxes, Treasury Department | Comments are closed

Gore-backed Foreign Car Firm Gets Large U.S. Loan

By JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER The Wall Street Journal September 25, 2009

WASHINGTON — A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will sell for about $89,000.

The award this week to […]

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Energy, Environment, Taxes | Comments are closed

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