Super Bowl Shows Value of Losing
The Seahawks' dominance last night put Pete Carroll "in an elite circle of the all-time greatest football coaches," but he wasn't always held in such high esteem, writes John Tamny at Forbes . "Failure...
View ArticleUS Quietly Earmarks Money for ObamaCare Insurers
ObamaCare just became a win-win proposition for insurance companies. Tucked into hundreds of pages of new rulings on the Affordable Care Act last week was a promise to pay insurers for any losses they...
View ArticleFeds: No Bailout for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico can't pay its debts , and the federal government has made it clear that it's not going to shell out $72 billion to cover them. "There is no one in the administration or in DC federal...
View ArticleSite of US' Worst Nuke Meltdown Would Like a Bailout
The owner of Three Mile Island, site of the worst US commercial nuclear power accident, says it'll shut the plant in 2019 without a financial rescue from Pennsylvania. Exelon Corp.'s move comes after...
View ArticleThe World's 'Biggest-Ever Financial Rescue' Is Over
"I wake up in the morning to a nightmare. How will I manage my finances and my responsibilities? This is what I wake up to every morning." That reality is not set to change for Yorgos Vagelakos, an...
View ArticleBefore We Bail Out Airlines, Let's Change the Rules
Nobody is using the word "bailout" yet, but it's just a matter of time before the government acts to shore up the US airline industry in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, writes Tim Wu in the New...
View ArticleAirlines Ask US for $50B
"We’re going to be in a position to help the airlines very much," President Trump said Monday when asked about possible government aid in the wake of the huge drop in passenger bookings. The airlines...
View ArticleGOP Stimulus Plan: $1.2K for Adults, $500 Per Child
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday presented the third part of the legislation intended to help the economy recover from the pandemic, built around payments of $1,200 to anyone with an...
View ArticleWhite House to USPS: No Bailout for You
The Postal Service is in serious need of money; marketing and first-class mail have dried up since the pandemic began. And the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package obliged, until President Trump...
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