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The more than 1,800 federal subsidy programs mentioned above present a wealth of earmarking opportunities for legislators. 0.500

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Simplified: More than 1800 federal subsidy programs present a wealth of earmarking opportunities for legislators

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Many federal programs duplicate activities that are routinely provided in private markets, such as insurance, loans, and marketing. 0.500

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Simplified: Many federal programs duplicate activities routinely provided in private markets such as insurance loans and marketing

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The irony is that burdensome tax and regulatory policies helped push shipping-related industries offshore in the first place. 0.500

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Simplified: Burdensome tax and regulatory policies helped push shipping-related industries offshore

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This $500 million agency provides subsidies to the commercial shipping and shipbuilding industries. 0.500

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Simplified: Maritime Administration provides subsidies to commercial shipping and shipbuilding industries costing $500 million

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Corporate welfare draws talented people into wasteful subsidy activities, and away from more productive market-based pursuits. 0.500

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Simplified: Corporate welfare draws talented people into wasteful subsidy activities and away from more productive market-based pursuits

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Federal import quotas on sugar push up U.S. sugar prices and hurt U.S. candy manufacturers. 0.500

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Simplified: Federal import quotas on sugar push up U.S. sugar prices and hurt U.S. candy manufacturers

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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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This agency helps finance the foreign purchase of U.S. goods, and it has been involved in numerous scandals. 0.500

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Simplified: Export-Import Bank helps finance foreign purchase of U S goods has been involved in numerous scandals

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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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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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Corporate welfare can be direct cash payments to businesses, such as aid to farmers, or it can be indirect business support, such as when the government performs research for particular industries. 0.500

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Simplified: Corporate welfare can be direct cash payments to businesses or indirect business support

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The longer the time members spend on Capitol Hill, the more they lose sight of the fact that every dollar they spend is a dollar confiscating from hard-working taxpayers who have a right to their earn... 0.500

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Simplified: Longer members spend on Capitol Hill more they lose sight of fact that every dollar they spend is confiscating from taxpayers

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Also, committee chairpersons often buy votes in support of fiscally irresponsible bills by including funds for projects in the districts of committee members. 0.500

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Simplified: Committee chairpersons often buy votes by including funds for projects in districts of committee members

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Members with safe seats often raise excess campaign money from special interest groups, which they then offer to other members in return for their support on bills. 0.500

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Simplified: Members with safe seats often raise excess campaign money from special interest groups offer it to other members for support on bills

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They can ensure that members stand together in support of budget restraint, which occurred for a few years in the mid-1990s. 0.500

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Simplified: They can ensure members stand together in support of budget restraint which occurred in mid-1990s

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It is possible for the president and congressional leaders to counter these pro-spending biases by the use party discipline. 0.500

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Simplified: President and congressional leaders can counter pro-spending biases by using party discipline

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The logrolling continued for cotton, wheat, wool, mohair, and other products. 0.500

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Simplified: Logrolling continued for cotton wheat wool mohair and other products

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Dairy subsidies had the support of members from Maine, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. 0.500

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Simplified: Dairy subsidies had support of members from Maine Pennsylvania and Vermont

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Former Rep. Joe Scarborough of Florida has described the logrolling that led to the passage of the bloated 2002 farm bill. 0.500

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Simplified: Former Rep Joe Scarborough of Florida described logrolling that led to passage of bloated 2002 farm bill

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The result is that the two projects get approved, even though each imposes net costs on society and benefits only a minority of voters. 0.500

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Simplified: The two projects get approved even though each imposes net costs on society and benefits only a minority of voters

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