“A federal government program to promote gender equality in Afghanistan and help women find employment is costing taxpayers over $200 million but has only found jobs for 55 women.” ‘The USAID program, Promoting Gender Equity in National Priority Programs, or Promote, is a five-year $216 million effort. USAID has spent […]
Subsidies
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“Though other factors play a role in the algae bloom crises, one of the most significant involves the sugar industry. A combination of federal sugar subsidies, federal regulations on pollution, and federal control of Lake Okeechobee (a giant lake in southern Florida) runoff guidelines has created a recipe for disaster. […]
It can distract us from rational thought and meaningful compassion. Jimmy Kimmel (Reuters photo: Kevork Djansezian) Just over 14 years ago, my daughter almost died minutes before entering the world. My wife had to have an emergency C-section. The whole thing was harrowing. Someday I’ll tell the whole story. But […]
Did you know that the U.S. spends nearly a trillion dollars every single year on anti-poverty programs? And yet somehow 47 million remain in poverty… $668 billion spent by 126 federal anti-poverty programs. $284 billion spent by state welfare programs. $952 BILLION TOTAL SPENT PER YEARThat’s $86,000 per family of […]
The public has already responded to President Donald #Trump’s America First budget plan. #MealsOnWheels’ average amount of daily donations increased by 50 times on Thursday after the White House proposed cuts to some of the program’s funding, a spokesperson for the group said, according to CNN… Continued: Meals on Wheels: Donations […]
February 11, 2011 Large oil companies don’t need tax subsidies when oil prices are high, a former CEO of Shell Oil said Thursday. “In the face of sustained high oil prices it was not an issue—for large companies—of needing the subsidies to entice us into looking for and producing more […]