It’s not going to help the country to be subsidizing uneconomical forms of energy – whether you call them ‘green,’ ‘renewable’ or whatever. In that case, the cure is worse than the disease. Charles Koch Read Quote
We are not trying to prevent new clean energy businesses from succeeding. Any business that’s economical, that can succeed in the marketplace, any form of energy, we’re all for. As a matter of fact, we’re investing in quite a number of them, ourselves – whether that’s ethanol, renewable fuel oil. Charles Koch Read Quote
When you start attacking cronyism and people’s political interests, it gets nasty. Charles Koch Read Quote
The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few large companies that are consistently for it. Charles Koch Read Quote
From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff. Charles Koch Read Quote
Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare, we would add a whole new level of understanding to the notion of entitlement reform. Charles Koch Read Quote
Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax credits, favorable regulations, bailouts, loan guarantees, targeted tax breaks and no-bid contracts. Charles Koch Read Quote
The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff. Charles Koch Read Quote
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs – even when we benefit from them. Charles Koch Read Quote
