With hurricane season (hopefully) coming to a close, this is a good opportunity to share this video from John Stossel about the absurdity of government-subsidized insurance in flood-prone areas. Kudos to Rand Paul for addressing this issue. It’s a textbook case of “moral hazard” when gove...
[单选题] Government-subsidized insurance available to homeowners makes it feasible for anyone to build a house on a section of coastpne regularly struck by hurricanes. Each major storm causes bilpons of dollars worth of damage in such coastal areas, after which owners who have insurance are able...
We started construction of84,000units of government-subsidized rental housing and rebuilt59,000housing units in run-down urban areas. 100%of the drinking water sources in urban areas were up to standard, and the penetration rate...
During his speech, Obama correctly noted that many foreign manufacturers are heavily subsidized…. “It’s not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours, only because they’re heavily subsidized” So are we going to deeply penalize those that have been cheating? Are we going to w...
It shows how much consumers are being subsidized for their purchases of utilities and public transportation. The good news is that Milei reduced the subsidies earlier this year (the change between may-24 and sep-24). The bad news is that taxpayers are still paying more than half the cost ...
The private sector. Construction, all types of construction, from single-family housing to highways. Employment has been rising to new all-time highs for two years. Theconstruction industry also has a record number of job openings. Total employment: 8.06 million,...
Government-subsidized insurance available to homeowners makes it feasible for anyone to build a house on a section of coastpne regularly struck by hurricanes. Each major storm causes bilpons of dollars worth of damage in such coastal areas, after which owners who have insurance are able to collec...