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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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8 months ago
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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8 months ago
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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8 months ago
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
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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8 months ago
Some of the recipients include the Brewers Association, the Pet Food Institute, Sunkist Growers, Welch's Food, and the Wine Institute. 0.500

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Simplified: Recipients include Brewers Association Pet Food Institute Sunkist Growers Welch's Food and Wine Institute

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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
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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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
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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8 months ago
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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8 months ago
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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8 months ago
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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8 months ago
If subsidies prop up companies that are failing, it makes no sense because such companies probably have products that consumers don't want. 0.500

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Simplified: If subsidies prop up failing companies it makes no sense because such companies probably have products consumers do not want

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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
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
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
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 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
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