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Sex, Drugs & Oil: Dept. of Interior Bureaucrats take Rent-Seeking to a Whole New Level ()

Government to Further Distort Market By Bailing Out Failing Businesses ()

Comcast Cedes FCC Has Authority to Regulate ISPs then Sues Agency to Nudge Its Oversight ()

Carpooling: Green, cheap, illegal. ()
Thanks to lobbying taxi and bus companies, in Ontario carpooling for any reason other than to commute to work from the suburbs to the city is considered illegal. This is a problem for projects such as PickupPal, a carpooling website that's gaining popularity in Ontario... not to mention for people who want to carpool.

Time to evict HUD ()

Montreal Shopkeepers not allowed to sweep up due to Union protectionism ()

Intel wants to force you to pay for more of its chips ()

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to let fail' according to leading Republicrats ()

Representative Murtha: Rent-seeking is Business as
    Usual
Apparently oblivious to what is not seen, Representative John "I expect to be in the f**king leadership!" Murtha (D-PA) declares that the product of the rent-seeking that occurs in his district is both beneficial and necessary:
Mr. Murtha underscored this point at a breakfast fund-raiser held for him this summer. "This is about jobs," he told hundreds of military contractors and lobbyists at the Johnstown Convention Center.
But, it's about jobs, says Murtha. Jobs that he creates by depriving others of their opportunities.  read more »
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by doinkicarus on 10/30/07

"You payin' my healthcare?" ()

Presidential hopefuls drunk on Ethanol...hic! ()

Facing Looming NAFTA Rule, Farm Bill Would Prop Up Sugar Prices by Selling Sweet Stuff to Fuel Makers ()

AMA wants government investigation of store-based health clinics ()

Crony capitalism in the South Seas ()

Yahoo, AT&T and Microsoft, are encouraging regulators to take a close look at Google's planned purchase of online-ad company ()

UAW Membership, Dues Declined which is no surprise since unions make business less competetive... but we stuck it to the bosses! ()

Cap and Charade ()

Philip Morris: Please regulate us FDA (and especially our competitors!) ()

More and more, retirees are finding that it pays to have worked for the government instead of the private sector ()

CEI mothership head honcho calls BP America, PG&E Corp. chiefs climate change 'profiteers.' ()

Pro-Business Does Not Mean Pro-Freedom or Pro-Market ()

Stop Rentseeking
Stop Rentseeking