1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vpuYoq4JSc"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/shafting-taxpayers-promoting-crony-corporatism/">Shafting taxpayers ‚Äì promoting crony corporatism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/shafting-taxpayers-promoting-crony-corporatism/embed/#?secret=vpuYoq4JSc" width="600" height="338" title="“Shafting taxpayers ‚Äì promoting crony corporatism” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="vpuYoq4JSc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> President Reagan once said, "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." The omnibus budget package being negotiated on Capitol Hill is a perfect example. The wheeling and dealing is too complex and fast-moving for anyone to follow or understand. But much of it centers on trading an end to the 40-year-old oil export ban in exchange for extending and perpetuating renewable energy programs and President Obama's dictatorial Clean Power Plan. It is especially maddening when supposed Republican fiscal conservatives are supposedly in charge of Congress and the purse strings. It's especially despicable when the energy policies are based on lies and fraud about "dangerous manmade climate change," and on blatant crony corporatism that gives coerced taxpayer subsidies to companies that then make campaign contributions to helpful legislators. It makes it perfectly clear why voters are spitting mad, and "outsiders" have an inside track on presidential races.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_windfarm_wikipedia.jpg