Claims tagged with "General"
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Nobody knows where the economy is headed in the future, especially not politicians in Washington. 0.500Simplified: Nobody knows where the economy is headed in the future especially not politicians in Washington1 sources8 months ago
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The Department of Energy spends about $9 billion annually on civilian energy research and subsidies. 0.500Simplified: Department of Energy spends about $9 billion annually on civilian energy research and subsidies1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Federal government requires ethanol to be used in fuels provides a tax credit for ethanol producers and imposes a tariff on ethanol imports1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Burdensome tax and regulatory policies helped push shipping-related industries offshore1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Federal energy research has poor track record energy industry should fund its own research as other industries do1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Many federal programs duplicate activities routinely provided in private markets such as insurance loans and marketing1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Corporate welfare draws talented people into wasteful subsidy activities and away from more productive market-based pursuits1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Problem was starkly illustrated by the Ron Brown scandals of the 1990s1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Federal import quotas on sugar push up U.S. sugar prices and hurt U.S. candy manufacturers1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Businesses and venture capital firms make many investments that turn sour but their losses are private and not foisted involuntarily on other people1 sources8 months ago
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This $500 million agency provides subsidies to the commercial shipping and shipbuilding industries. 0.500Simplified: Maritime Administration provides subsidies to commercial shipping and shipbuilding industries costing $500 million1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Many of those projects turned out to be duds and the company might not have pursued them if it had not received federal aid1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: When government starts choosing industries and technologies to subsidize it will likely bet on the wrong horses at taxpayer expense1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: After 2005 various earmark scandals erupted and Congress switched to Democratic control which slowed the pace of earmarking for a while1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Brown was head of the Democratic National Committee when President Clinton named him Secretary of Commerce in 19931 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Advanced Technology Program gives grants to companies for technology research costing more than $100 million annually1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Amtrak receives more than $1 billion annually in subsidies1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: Export-Import Bank helps finance foreign purchase of U S goods has been involved in numerous scandals1 sources8 months ago
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Simplified: The two projects get approved even though each imposes net costs on society and benefits only a minority of voters1 sources8 months ago
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1 sources8 months ago