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Corporate welfare can also take the form of regulations or barriers to trade that protect businesses from open competition. 0.500

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Simplified: Corporate welfare can also take form of regulations or barriers to trade that protect businesses from open competition

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8 months ago
This program hands out about $200 million annually to help pay for the marketing costs of certain farm products. 0.500

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Simplified: Market Access Program hands out about $200 million annually to help pay for marketing costs of certain farm products

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8 months ago
U.S. taxpayers fund the purchases of weapons by foreign governments through this program, which costs more than $4 billion annually. 0.500

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Simplified: U S taxpayers fund purchases of weapons by foreign governments through Foreign Military Financing program costing more than $4 billion annually

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8 months ago
The passenger rail agency receives more than $1 billion annually in subsidies. 0.500

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Simplified: Amtrak receives more than $1 billion annually in subsidies

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8 months ago
Amtrak should be privatized so that it can drop unprofitable routes and make users bear the full costs of the service. 0.500

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Simplified: Amtrak should be privatized so it can drop unprofitable routes and make users bear full costs of service

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8 months ago
For example, it backed the risky overseas ventures of Enron Corporation and it providing $243 million in loans to bogus Mexican companies, including drug cartels. 0.500

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Simplified: Export-Import Bank backed risky overseas ventures of Enron Corporation provided $243 million in loans to bogus Mexican companies including drug cartel...

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8 months ago
Taxpayers can research who receives all the subsidies at websites such as www.usaspending.gov, and use the information to complain to their members of Congress. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Taxpayers can research who receives subsidies at websites like wwwusaspendinggov and complain to Congress

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8 months ago
In an age of massive federal deficits, members should be proactively combing through the list of 1,800 subsidy programs themselves and terminating hundreds of lower-priority activities. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Members should proactively comb through 1800 subsidy programs and terminate lower-priority activities

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8 months ago
Because projects A and B would fail with stand-alone votes, McConnell, Cochran, and Collins enter an agreement for mutual support of the two projects. 0.500

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Simplified: Projects A and B would fail with stand-alone votes McConnell Cochran and Collins enter agreement for mutual support

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8 months ago
Many federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups of individuals and businesses while harming taxpayers and damaging the overall economy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Economy

Simplified: Federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups and businesses harming taxpayers and damaging the economy

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8 months ago
Earmarks generally refer to items slipped into legislation by individual lawmakers to benefit particular activities in their home states. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Legislation

Simplified: Earmarks refer to items slipped into legislation by lawmakers to benefit activities in their home states

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8 months ago
The federal government has greatly expanded in size in recent years, and it now spends more than $3.5 trillion annually. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Federal government spends more than $3.5 trillion annually

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8 months ago
The CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs for state and local governments, individuals, businesses, and nonprofit groups. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government

Simplified: CFDA is an official listing of all federal aid or subsidy programs

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8 months ago
By 1970, there were 1,019 federal subsidy programs, as shown in Figure 1. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Essay 🏷️ Government

Simplified: 1970 had 1019 federal subsidy programs

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8 months ago
Table 1 shows how Congress can pass special interest legislation in which the costs to society outweigh the benefits. 0.500

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Simplified: Table 1 shows how Congress can pass special interest legislation where costs outweigh benefits

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8 months ago
It shows a hypothetical project that creates benefits of $40 and costs taxpayers $50, and is thus a loser for the nation. 0.500

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Simplified: A hypothetical project creates $40 in benefits costs taxpayers $50 is a loser for the nation

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8 months ago
Nonetheless, the project gains a majority vote, assuming that legislators vote in the narrow interests of their districts. 0.500

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Simplified: The project gains a majority vote assuming legislators vote in narrow interests of their districts

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8 months ago
The key to the program's political success is that its benefits are more geographically concentrated that its costs. 0.500

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Simplified: The key to program's political success is benefits are more geographically concentrated than costs

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8 months ago
The pro-spending bias of congressional voting is strengthened by the complex web of vote trading, or logrolling, that often occurs. 0.500

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Simplified: Pro-spending bias of congressional voting is strengthened by logrolling

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8 months ago
This takes place following a record year of global sales of these vehicles shows a clear disconnect between Washington and the market. 1.000

👤 Albert Gore 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economic , Automobiles

Simplified: This takes place following record year of global sales of these vehicles shows clear disconnect between Washington and market

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8 months ago