Tim Ryan
The Public Record
We need your help because there is a narrative in this country right now that every dollar that the Government spends is a waste of money.
So farm subsidies and other business subsidies, in my view, are unfair. They take from average folks to give to higher-income folks.
Corporate welfare simply doesn't work. Well-meaning policymakers, they want to support businesses because they believe the subsidies will make them more competitive.
Subsidies induce companies to invest in extremely risky projects that often blow up.
Fuld asked Paulson to call prime minister Gordon Brown, but Paulson said he could not do that ...
So corporate subsidies don't work. So what can we do to spur growth? We should unleash entrepreneurs.
We just got the employment numbers about a half hour ago. Only 69,000 jobs added last month.





