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Looking at How Corn-based Ethanol and Other Alternative Energy Subsidies Stack UpWe should extend subsidies like tax credits when they are investments and end them when they are wasteful.
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Oil Subsidies Remain: So Much for Deficit ReductionAs expected, a bill to end $2 billion in tax subsidies for oil companies died Tuesday as Democrats in the Senate were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster.
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Cutting Ethanol Subsidies Perilous Move for Farm State PoliticiansCasting about for ways to save money, Republican lawmakers have hit upon ethanol subsidies. Even some farm state senators, such as Dan Coats of Indiana and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, suggest that it is time for the subsidies to go.
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Palin Becomes Free Market Candidate with Energy Subsidies ProposalWhile the media pursued Sarah Palin like a gaggle of paparazzi across the northeast, the former governor did provide some interesting bit of news concerning her attitude toward energy subsidies. She wants to end them. All of them. -
Examining Cotton Subsidies in the US: Are They Hypocritical?An overview of the cotton subsidies in the US and an analysis of the so-called "hypocritical" aspects of them.
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Subsidies for Ethanol Expire, but Corn Isn't Going AnywhereEthanol subsidies expired, but there's still a huge demand for corn thanks to the government.
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Examining Cotton Subsidies in the U.S.: Do U.S. Cotton Farmers Have Too Much Power?A look at cotton subsidies in the US and the power they provide to farmers.
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Examining Cotton Subsidies in the US: Should Potential Harms to Other Countries Be Considered?A brief look at the subsidies the US government provides to cotton farmers and an argument in favor of continuing them.
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Researching School Lunch Subsidies and Internet SubsidiesResearching School Lunch Subsidies and Internet Subsidies
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Congressman Joe Barton: Free Market Capitalist System = Government Subsidies (for Oil Companies)Those poor oil companies. Wthout subsidies they would fold up and leave the United States for more profitable places in the world. At least that is the claim by Texas Rep. Joe Barton.
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U.S. Unyielding Over Agricultural Subsidies at WTO TalksA new study has been released saying that eliminating cotton subsidies to US farmers from the government could allow African cotton farmers to have an additional $114 in annual income-a six percent raise.
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Billionaires, Lobbyists and Professional Athletes Getting Farm SubsidiesTexas oil billionaire Lee M. Bass, NBA's Scottie Pippen, lobbyist Gerald Cassidy and Florida developer Maurice Wilder have something in common: they shared in farm subsidy benefits totaling more than $2.1 million from 2003-2005.
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National Deficit Commission: Eliminate Commercial Space SubsidiesOne of the more tiresome debates over space policy has been over President Obama's scheme to provide almost $6 billion in subsidies to commercial space companies. The National Deficit Commission would like this money cut from the federal budget. -
Chinese Subsidies, Rare Earth, and Unintended ConsequencesUS allegations of unfair Chinese clean energy subsidies have led to the ultimate irony: a heavy loss to American alternative energy manufacturers. -
OCFS Needs to Reform Adoption SubsidiesThe Albany Family Court and CPS Examiner reported that OCFS had paid out $180,000 in adoption subsidies for adopted children who were already deceased! -
Health Care Bill's Subsidies Are Promising for Florida FamilyHow the health care reform bill will affect me, an uninsured, middle class American. All of the confusion, government subsidies, Medicaid eligibility, and who's paying the tab. -
H.R. 3590 Largely Ignores COBRA Subsidies for Displaced WorkersIn the rush to get H.R. 3590 on President Obama's desk, both the House of Representatives and the Senate have shelved some of the issues surrounding COBRA benefits and premiums. -
The Cost of Alternative Energy SubsidiesThe real life costs and goals of the altrenative energy revolution may chase off more supporters than it attracts -
From Subsidies to Entitlement in One Breath!This articles illustrates how a word changes when the money changes direction.
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Putting a Limit on Farm Subsidies:The Limit is $200,000The feeling is that the current farm programs are outdated.
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Cash for Clunkers Bill Passed by Senate: This Means Government Subsidies for Your AutomobileWant a better vehicle with gas mileage? It's your time to get a better gas mileage, and a subsidy for about up to $4500.
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Making Subsidies AccountableAn award winner and author founded Good Jobs First back in 1998.
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US-China Business Council Praises China for Its Ending of Subsidies Violations"The resolution of this case demonstrates that engagement with China successfully advances the interests of U.S. companies and workers."
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President Obama Counters Fossil Fuel DependencyPresident Obama Counters Fossil Fuel Dependency - Quatrain by Stephen C. Rose. The President would cut subsidies by nearly 40 billion over ten years and use savings to help clean energy research -
Is the End of Corn-Based Ethanol Subsides Nigh?Perhaps as a sign that Tea Party ideas have won a cache going beyond just the election of favored candidates to public office, a bi-partisan group of Senators has signed a letter calling for an end to ethanol subsidies.
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Indonesia for Sale?A Sharp Look at Indonesian Government Subsidies from a Journalist's Eyes
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Polls Show Demand for Revamped Farm BillPolling in five states show people would think better of Congress if the 2007 Farm Bill set aside more money for conservation and allocated less for crop subsidies, according to Environmental Defense.
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Regarding Bastiat's Essay: Should the Artistic Sector Subsidized?Bastiat writes an essay denouncing government subsidies for the artistic sector. Here is my metaphorical agreement to Bastiat's essay. -
SpaceX's Elon Musk Goes to Washington, Demanding MoneyElon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has traveled to Washington to lobby Congress for subsidies to build his Dragon space craft, envisioned to be launched by a heavy lift version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 to the International Space Station.
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Sustainable Development: Can the US Be Both Environmentally and Financially Healthy?Worldwide, population is expected to reach eight billion by 2025, and even though the US currently only makes up about 5% of the global population, we consume 30% of the world's resources.
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Why Allow Tax Subsidies for Outsourcing?Republicans have blocked efforts by Democrats to eliminate the tax benefits of moving jobs overseas while closing offices here in the US. They are calling that effort a "stunt"!
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Ranching Versus the EnvironmentWhen the facts are examined closely, one cannot help but wonder how the practice of wide scale ranching has survived this long in today's climate of starving people, ravaged environs and diminishing species.
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John Boehner Open to Repealing Tax Breaks for Oil CompaniesHouse Speaker, John Boehner, told ABC World News that he is open to repealing the multi-billion dollar tax breaks on major oil companies. This could reshape Republican views overall on subsidies and tax breaks.
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Modifying Government Financial Assistance to BusinessesThis editorial is my personal opinion about bailouts, tax incentives and subsides. It includes an alternative method of helping businesses.
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China's Successful Appliance Subsidy at an EndDuring 2011, appliance and electronic goods subsidies to farmers and rural residents resulted in the purchase of 103 million items valued at a combined 264.1 billion RMB ($41 billion USD), up 34.5 and 53.1 percent respectively y-o-y.
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'Zero Taxes, Zero Gravity' -- a Better Way to Support Commercial SpaceThe debate raging about how best to support the growth of a commercial space sector seems to focus around how much money should be spent on subsidies for commercial space firms. But perhaps the tax code provides a better answer. -
Senate Reverses Ethanol DecisionAt more than 900,000 barrels per day, the United States is the world leader in ethanol production. On Thursday, a US Senate vote to repeal ethanol subsidies put that position in jeopardy. -
Mitt Romney Supports the Ethanol Subsidy, Though Perhaps He Shouldn'tFor Republicans running for president, one of the most vexing problems is what to do about Iowa's signature issue, which is to say ethanol subsidies. Following principles suggests opposition. Following political expediency suggests support. -
DeMint: Time to Take PBS, NPR PrivateSenator Jim DeMint, in a recent oped in the Wall Street Journal, makes the case for ending government subsidies to both NPR and PBS, in effect taking both entities, relics of the 1960s, private.
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Harry Reid Learns About Dog Sled Races on NPRSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid never fails to entertain. Last week he defended the National Endowment for the Humanities because of subsidies to a Cowboy Poetry conclave. Now he is defending NPR because of dog sled racing.
