Tag Archives: subsidies

Author Amy Cortese on the burgeoning “locavesting” movement, and how we can harness it in Michigan

By Mark | October 25, 2012

Next Tuesday, October 30, Think Local First will be bringing author Amy Cortese to Ann Arbor to discuss her book Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It. Following is my interview with Amy, who, in addition to being a published author, has written for the likes of the New York [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Economics, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Retail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Accelerating Community Capital, American Sustainable Business Council, Amy Cortese, Arbor Brewing Company, blood funnel, blue sky laws, butchershop, buy local, CDFI, Chamber of Commerce, Clare, community development loan funds, Cops & Doughnuts, crowdfunding, CSA, Dante Hesse, economic development, interviews, investing, Jobs Act, Judy Wicks, Jumpstart Our Business Startups, Kickstarter, LION, lobbying, local investing, Local Investing Opportunities Network, Localist, locavesting, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It, Main Street vs. Wall Street, Matt Greff, Milk Thistle Farm, move your money to a credit union, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Port Townsend, Port Townsend LION, private placement, public offering, Rene Greff, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, single-payer system, Slow Money, Small Business Administration, Stacy Mitchell, tax loopholes, tax reform, The Big Box Swindle, The Brinery, Think Local First, unaccredited investors, Woody Tasch, Zingerman's | 7 Comments

The President can’t affect gas prices, but can gas prices affect the Presidential election?

By Mark | March 18, 2012

With the laughable slate of moronic theocrats, disgraced demagogues, corporate villains, and states-rights racists that the Republican party has put forward to run against Obama, I’d say that, barring some epic scandal, Obama is guaranteed a second term… that is, if the price of gas doesn’t exceed $4.50 a gallon. I’ve read Nate Silver’s analysis, [...]

Posted in energy, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged big oil, China, domestic oil production, Fareed Zakaria, FOX News, fuel economy, gas, India, Iran, Nate Silver, Newt Gingrich, Obama, oil subsidies, Presidential politics, reality deficient, Republican lies, Stephen Moore, the prices of gas | 12 Comments

Republicans who claim to be deficit-conscious vote to hand-over billions in tax-payer dollars to profitable oil companies

By Mark | March 3, 2011

Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about the fact that we could save $39 billion by cutting our federal subsidies to the already highly-profitable oil and gas industry? Well, it looks as though we’ll have to find those savings somewhere else – like with cuts in teacher pay – because the Republicans [...]

Posted in Alternative Energy, Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged corporate subsidies, deficit, hypocrisy, Medicaid, Medicare, oil, privatization, social security, the desire to strangle Republicans, William Keating | 6 Comments

Cutting fossil fuel subsidies could save the U.S. $39 billion

By Mark | January 16, 2011

It’s bad enough that our American oil and gas companies – who, by the way, have been earning record profits for their shareholders these past several years – pay next to nothing in federal income tax. That alone, even without taking into consideration the environmental damage perpetrated by these companies, should be making people outraged. [...]

Posted in energy, Politics | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, coal, corporate subsidies, David Goldwyn, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, Environmental Law Institute, Exxon, get the money out of Washington, greenhouse gas, Group of 20, International Energy Agency, Obama, oil, Oil Change International, pathetic Republicans, SOlve Climate News, Steve Kretzmann | 10 Comments

Michigan asks Washington for $830 million to establish Detroit-Chicago high-speed rail

By Mark | August 24, 2009

Remember how, a while ago, I told you that the feds had set aside over $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, and Michigan was joining with other states in the vicinity of Chicago to make a request? Well, today was the deadline, and it appears as though we’ve requested $830 million from Uncle Sam. At [...]