David Z | May 14, 2010
In 2009, the State of Michigan spent approximately $12M for a national advertising campaign to promote tourism to Michigan, called Pure Michigan. Currently, the State legislature is considering reducing the funding for the program to only $5M for 2010.
Category: Michigan, Rent Seeking, Seen and Unseen, Subsidize This! |
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Tags: Michigan, Pure Michigan, Seen and Unseen, trickle-down economics
David Z | May 10, 2010
FNM basically says, “We’re bankrupt: completely and totally insolvent, and there is exactly a 0% chance that we will ever recover.”
Category: American Politics, Subsidize This! |
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David Z | November 19, 2009
This week, the City of Pontiac (MI) accepted a bid to purchase the Silverdome, nestled among 127 sprawling acres of crumbling concrete and lightpots, on the outskirts of 20.2 square miles of blight known as the “City of Pontiac”, for $583,000.
Category: Economic Fallacies, Michigan, Rent Seeking, Subsidize This! |
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David Z | March 16, 2009
Should the government forgive student loans? It doesn’t matter: they’re not going to forgive student loans.
Category: American Politics, Legalese, Subsidize This! |
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