The award for worst company in the country goes to GM, for taking over $11 billion from taxpayers and then recalling over 5 million vehicles.
Here is the complete list of bailout losses. You may want to sit down before opening it.
10. Political Lip Service Especially on the Right, the debt is a popular issue. So politicians will pay it lip service on the campaign trail. Do they actually have a plan of action, though? Or are they touting some pipedream of a plan that has more than a decade of budgetary adjustments? It’s easy to…
10. Red Herring A debater will attempt to distract the audience from the issue at hand by raising another issue. “My policies aside, my opponent once managed a factory that closed down and people lost their jobs.” The debater is refusing to address question concerning his policies and instead focuses attention on a perceived weakness…
10. Leland Yee’s Real Life Grand Theft Auto We saved the best for last. Leland Yee, State Senator from California, was best known for his efforts to ban violent video games like Grand Theft Auto and his staunch support for gun control. Seems like just another California liberal until you release that all the while…
When government assumes the role of certifying or approving products it limits consumer protection and increases the probability of corruption. The Federal Food and Drug Administration, for example, is charged with the protection of consumers, and all food and drug products require their stamp of approval before hitting shelves. But is this the best way…
Photo by NCinDC 10. The Department of Agriculture Tracing its roots to 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln established the first independent Department of Agriculture, the current Department is tasked with assuring food safety, meeting the needs of America’s farmers and ranchers, promoting agricultural trade and production, protecting natural resources, and ending hunger in the United…
The Troubles is the common name for the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that spilled over at various times into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England and mainland Europe.