194 posts tagged corporate welfare
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Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)]
http://scienceblogs.com/ grrlscientist/ 2008/ 05/ free_lunch.phptags: Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill), economy, politics, corporate welfare, David Cay Johnston, book review America was built on the premise that hard work would be financially rewarded, but unfortunately, more than 37
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Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill)
http://scienceblogs.com/ grrlscientist/ 2008/ 05/ free_lunch.phpFree Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) Topic Categories: Book Review tags: Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill), economy, politics, corporate welfare,
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The winds of change? Try twenty-three bucks and change
http://probablyuncalledfor.com/ 2008/ 05/ winds-of-change-try-twenty-three-bucks…The winds of change? Try twenty-three bucks and change This past Sunday was beyond a blustery day in southern Indiana. It was chilly, by May standards, with wind gusts up to forty miles per hour. Little did I know, as I had called off work to watch the Cubs come from behind to get the sweep of
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Big Business loves Big Government
http://cfpolicyblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ big-business-loves-big-government.ht…Michael G. Franc in NRO Online analyzes a seemingly suprising fundraising advantage by Democratic candidates among corporate CEOs - surprising given that Democrats continue to call for higher taxes, more government spending, and increased regulation, while corporate "fat cats" are usually portrayed as free-market advocates.
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The winds of change? Try twenty-three bucks and change - May 14,2008
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ probablyuncalledfor/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ The-winds…<div>This past Sunday was beyond a blustery day in southern Indiana. It was chilly, by May standards, with wind gusts up to forty miles per hour. Little did I know, as I had called off work to watch the Cubs come from behind to get the sweep of the Diamondbacks, and wish my mom a happy Mother's Day, that a fortune and a half whisked past my apartment with an occasional howl.
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We should ignore threats from smelter executives
http://www.alliance.org.nz/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ we-should-ignore-threats-from-smelter-…Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says the government should simply ignore the threat tactics of mining transnational Rio Tinto over the planned emissions trading scheme. Ms Murray says the smelter came to New Zealand because Manapouri power station was virtually built for them, and they have been given cheap electricity ever since that is subsidized by ordinary people.
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Tax Increases to Fund Bigger Government and Corporate Welfare?
http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/ steam_valve/ 2008/ 05/ tax-increases-t.htmlTax Increases to Fund Bigger Government and Corporate Welfare? Think we have high energy prices now? Just wait 'till liberal cap and trade programs are enacted. NRO reports: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has determined that the leading cap-and-trade scheme, the Lieberman-Warner
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Corporate Vouchers Victorious in Florida
http://educationpolicyblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ corporate-vouchers-victorious…When state legislators in Florida offer children and parents either a rundown, under-funded, segregated testing factory or a tax-supported corporate voucher to a Christian school, the school choice has already been made--and it hasn't been made by the parent or the child.
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http://coldspringshops.blogspot.com/ 2008_05_01_archive.html#9132672061803117322
ROLLING ROADBLOCKS. Although the Law of Demand induces substitutions and conservations, drivers understand trade-offs. Drivers have known for years that throttling back is a sure way to improve gas mileage, and the Papins are among those who are consciously slowing down to save.
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How to negotiate your taxes lower
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/ business/ hancock/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ how_to_negot…The most-read article from the Web site of Area Development magazine. Inside tips on how companies can play states off one another to cut their taxes and win taxpayer grants. It's a perennial outrage that violates promises of equal treatment under the law. Company A pays "X" taxes, but company B in the same industry negotiates a lower rate.