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Publish date of last three annual reports
March 6th 2012
February 28th 2013
March 31st 2014
When you take Money from average working class person and send it to corporations wht is that called?
The average American family pays a staggering $6,000 a year in subsidies to Republican-friendly big business.
And that's just the average family. A family making more than $50,000 a year - say $70,000 a year - pays even more to pad the wallets of corporate America.
So where does some of that $6,000 that you and I are paying every year actually go?
For starters, $870 of it goes to direct subsidies and grants for corporations.
This includes money for subsidies to Big Oil companies that are polluting our skies and fueling climate change and global warming. Compare that to the $36 you and I pay for food stamps a year.
An additional $870 goes to corporate tax subsidies.
The Tax Foundation has found that the "special tax provisions" of corporations cost taxpayers over $100 billion per year, or roughly $870 per family.
But in reality, that number is much higher.
Citizens for Tax Justice found that the U.S. Treasury lost $181 billion in corporate tax subsidies, which means the average American family could be out as much as $1,600 per year.
Finally, of the $6,000 in corporate subsidies that the average American family pays each year, $1,231 of it goes to making up for revenue losses from corporate tax havens.
This money goes to recouping losses from giant transnational corporations like Apple and GE that hide their money overseas to boost profits and avoid paying taxes to help the American economy.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19844-food-stamps-are-affordable-corporate-welfare-is-not
http://billmoyers.com/2014/04/14/the-surprising-truth-behind-tax-day-where-your-taxes-go/
http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/24/average-american-family-pays-6k-a-year-in-subsidies-to-big-business/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-09/farmers-boost-revenue-sowing-subsidies-for-crop-insurance
Dropped the mic.... I'm done. sexy chocolate!!!
http://thefederalist.com/2013/09/30/calculating-the-real-cost-of-corporate-welfare/
Ok like what? Tell me what they vote against but set themselves up personally to benefit from.
Read the article dude and search Internet for more info on it. You'll be surprised at what you find.
I sense a pivot attempt. Subject:hypocritical voting habits of republican senators and reps.
True but it's a known fact outside of the Republican information bubble that Subsidies do not make or break farmers. It's just another hand out to an industry that would otherwise do find without them.
Do you know that or are you guessing?
http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2007/07/farm-subsidies-for-millionaires
They aren't voting against policies that help the poor so how do they come into this senario.
If you believe that then you're pretty lost. The majority of these farmer are already rich and are known in the overwhelming majority of cases to not need the the money. It's a pocket padder.
Marion didn't push a bill to drug test people for a substance he knew he was indulging in. That's the difference.
If ur not rich or a politician you are just plain dumb if you call yourself a republican today. To the rich that's what they think of you. Lol!!
Perfect example of the dirt bag republicans in house and senate and how they think. This guy pushed to drug testing for food stamps reciprients and gets caught trying to buy cocaine.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4305348
New Low: These 14 Republicans Gutted Food Aid While Giving Themselves Farm Subsidies
You can't have that money to eat because I need that hand out to get richer. It's called transfer of wealth.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/22/naming-names-14-republicans-gutted-food-aid-giving-farm-subsidies.html
House Republican Hypocrisy Hall of Fame
https://action.dccc.org/page/content/hhof/
Wonder was Joni Ernst speaking of this pork when she referenced castrating hogs. Also I didn't think she realized that castration causes hogs to fatten up for purpose of producing larger hog for food.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sen-joni-ernsts-family-actually-received-more-than-460000-in-federal-subsidies/
Thought this was interesting.
In response to my last article, “10 Things You Can't Do While Following Jesus,” I was accused multiple times of being political. All I was trying to do was follow Jesus. So, I thought it'd be interesting (and generate tons more hate mail) to show what a list would actually look like if I were being political intentionally. Like the first list, this is not a complete list but it's a pretty good place to start.
There will be those who comment and send me messages berating me for “making Jesus political.” It's okay. Fire away. Jesus didn't worry much about stepping on political toes, and the Bible insists that governments be just toward the least of these (the books of the prophets alone make this point very clear). Frequently, people who are the most vocal about not making Jesus political are the same people who want prayer in school and laws based on their own religious perspectives. By a happy little circumstance that brings us to my list:
10) Force your religious beliefs and practices on others.
One of the strengths of the faith Jesus taught was in its meekness. The faith he taught valued free will over compulsion – because that's how love works. Compelling people to follow any religion, more or less your personal religion, stands over and against the way Jesus practiced his faith. If you are using the government to compel people to practice your spiritual beliefs, you might be the reason baby Jesus is crying. This does get tricky. There is a difference in letting your beliefs inform your political choices and letting your politics enforce your religion. This article is about the first part.
9) Advocate for war.
There's a reason why he was called the Prince of Peace. Sure, you can quote, “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword,” and even two or three other verses, but they don't hold a candle to the more than fifty-some verses where Jesus speaks about peace and peacemaking. It's funny how things keep coming back to love but it needs to be said, it is way far away from loving a person to kill them. I guess there's a reason why we say, “God is love.” In the end, love wins.
8) Favor the rich over the poor.
This is actually related to #4. Favoring the rich over the poor is a slap in the face of Jesus, his life, and his teachings. In terms of the teachings of Jesus, it is bad enough when we allow the rich to take advantage of the poor, but when we create laws that not only encourage the behavior but also protect it? Well, let's just say it becomes crystal clear how ironic it is that we print, “In God We Trust,” on our money.
7) Cut funding that hurts the least of these.
To some degree, this is the inverse of #8. Favoring the rich is despicable. We Jesus minions should avoid it. Hurting the poor? Well, that's just … just ... um, something a whole lot worse than despicable. Despicabler? Über-despicable? When Jesus said, “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it to me,” he meant it. When you cut funding and it hurts people, according to Jesus, you are hurting him.
6) Let people go hungry.
Well, well, well. What have we here? Is this an item from the original top ten list which I claimed was not politically motivated? Looks like I've stepped into my own clever trap! Muh wah ha ha! Seriously though, of course it's on both lists. It is a spiritual issue and it is a political issue. Spiritually, Gandhi said, “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Politically, hunger causes problems with education, production, and civil behavior that are all necessary for a successful nation. More importantly for Christians, Jesus said when we feed the hungry, we are feeding him. So, yes, this item is on both lists – and I'm going to do it again.
5) Withhold healthcare from people.
This time I'm not only repeating an item, I'm repeating a lot of what I said. Did you ever play the game “Follow the Leader?" If you don't do what the leader does, you are out. Following means you should imitate as closely as possible. When people who were sick needed care, Jesus gave it to them. If we are following Jesus, we will imitate him as closely as possible. No, the government can't repeat the miracles he did but I've seen modern medicine do things that are about as close to a miracle as I expect to get. While the government can't do miracles, it can supply modern medicine. Every year, 45,000 people die in the U.S. because of the lack of healthcare. We Christians like to talk about “saving” people. Well, I know of about 45,000 people who'd love for us to do it and we should – because that's how love works.
4) Limit the rights of a select group of people.
Jesus loves everybody – but he loves me best. Kind of sits the wrong way with you, doesn't it? Well, it should and with good reason. If you spend any time reading the Bible you know that we all were made in God's image. Exactly which part of us is in God's image is less clear, but what is clear is that we were equally made in the image of God. Any law that doesn't treat people equally is as good as thumbing your nose at God. Even worse? Doing it in the name of God or based on religious beliefs (see #10).
3) Turn away immigrants.
Christian heritage runs through Judaism. We are an immigrant people. Even our religion began somewhere else. Our spiritual ancestors, Abraham and Sarah, were told by God to pick up what they had and start traveling. Moses, Miriam, and Aaron led a nation out of Egypt, into the desert and ultimately to new lands. Even Jesus spent part of his childhood as a foreigner in a foreign land. As Exodus says, we know how it feels to be foreigners in a foreign land. If you don't think being foreigners in a foreign land is still our story, ask the Native Americans. At best, turning away immigrants makes us hypocrites; at worst, it makes us betrayers of our ancestors and our God.
2) Devalue education.
We learn in Proverbs that wisdom is something in which God delights daily. As a matter of fact, according to Proverbs, wisdom is better than gold. When you look at the percentage of our budget that goes to education and at what Congress is trying to do to student loans, it's pretty clear that delighting in wisdom is something our government no longer does.
1) Support capital punishment — execution.
Jesus died by execution. He was an innocent man. Every year, innocent people die by execution in our nation. It's time to be a shining city on a hill. It's time to express the fullness of love, to express the value of life. It's time to stop the government-sanctioned killing.
Mark Sandlin currently serves as the minister at Vandalia Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, N.C. He received his M. Div. from Wake Forest University's School of Divinity and has undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and English with a minor in Computer Science. He's an ordained minister in the PC(USA) and a self-described progressive.
http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/06/12/10-political-things-you-cant-do-while-following-jesus
Republican economics at it best. Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan,louisiana, New Jersey and other states all struggling economically. While in 2013 a lot of these states were showing improving economies under these same governors as they got into the meat of setting their policies it shows a downturn in each of their state's economies while many other states have made continual improvements. States like oregon, california, Colorado and others that have adopted progressive policies are seeing drastic positive economic momentum In line with the nations. In some cases outpacing it. Go figure.
We saw this before on a national level from 2000-2008
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/13/politics/gop-governors-economic-records/
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/15/obamas-national-economic-success-republican-state-economies-failing.html
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/14/republican-opposition-revenue-credit-agencies-downgrade-frenzy.html
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/us/governors-tactics-at-center-of-louisiana-budget-vortex.html?referrer=
http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/another-reaganomics-worshiping-republican-turns-states-economy-into-total-disaster/
Republican front runners for president. Lol!
No you're the ignorant one. Do you even check information before you respond? You can afford to go out and become more informed because it's been to many times you've responded with obviously flawed information.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mayors-against-illegal-guns-attacks-armslist-2013-12
And:
Gun Show Loophole
In 33 states, private gun owners are not restricted from selling guns at gun shows. Buyers who purchase guns from individuals are not required to submit to the federal background checks in place for licensed dealers(so private seller can sell to individual buyers without buyers submitting a BG check if seller is not a dealer "loop hole"). Critics say that firearms can be obtained illegally as a result, calling it the “gun show loophole.” Proponents of unregulated gun show sales say that there is no loophole; gun owners are simply selling or trading guns at the shows as they would do at their residence.Federal legislation has attempted to put an end to the so-called loophole by requiring all gun show transactions to take place through FFL dealers. (you get it. All gun sales transactions do not go FFL Dealers and therefore creating a gunshow sales loop hole) Most recently, a 2009 bill attracted several co-sponsors in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. However, Congress ultimately failed to take up consideration of the legislation.
I hear you but the NRA is the problem. Pretty sure im talking to the right guy now. They hype americans up with this they're gonna take your guns bs all the while they are mostly just fronts for gun manufacturer. They make more money off of tragedy sadly. Bet they can't wait for another Newtown so gun control talks with come back up so they can exaggerate the extent of proposals so in the end people run out and buy guns and ammo. Everytime gun control comes up gun sales go through to the roof. Sensible gun legislation is what's needed. Maximum capacity clips, assault weapons bans. Anytime facts are laid I front of you its quickly dismissed as lies but saying sometime is a lied doesn't change the fact that it's actually the truth. When I confront the many many lies here I back it up with data, links and so on. Can't count how many time the response to me have been exactly the response I am replying to. law abiding citizens should be fine with going through a background check shouldn't they, but the NRA fights tooth and nail against that too. Gun free zones are not the reason for the mass murders being committed.Among the 62 mass shootings over the last 30 years that was studied, not a single case includes evidence that the killer chose to target a place because it banned guns. An analysis from Mayors Against Illegal Guns found that fewer than one quarter of mass shootings in public spaces from January 2009 through January 2013 occurred in gun-free zones.
You are right criminals need to be behind bars but if it took a clean record to aquire a weapon there'd be a lot less criminals with guns. and as far as laws infringing on the 2nd amendment I guess I should be able to go out and purchase a tank, F14 and a few nuks to go along with it. The 2nd amendment was written 224 years ago when much of the weaponry that exists now hadn't been dreamed of. In 1791 you couldn't go out with a gun and chop down 10, 20, 30 people within a few minutes or seconds. Totally stupid argument to try and make.
Finally something dems and republicans can agree on. War!!!! Smh.
Yeah I believe it.
Commend this republican for telling the truth. People want to label middle eastern terrorist Islamic terrorist when they commit heinous acts of violence against people with the cover of supposedly being justified. These same people turn a blind eye to those who committed same acts against African Americans and American Indians with same type of cover of Christianity. The way a person feels about ISIS should be exactly how they feel about any person who took part in slave trade.. any And if your feelings change from one to the other that is an issue.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/wheres-the-outrage-fox-goper-compares-isis-to-fanatic-christian-terrorists-who-lynched-blacks/#.VN4aqc0MPuA.facebook
Not even looking at that because it's misdirection. The important thing is whether their reporting is factual. Yes it is and they've made a point to expose fox agenda hidden behind so called unbiased news. It's quite simple what they do. The take what fox spews out and fact check it and when it's false they report it. They do what most here refuse to for them and still it's rejected. It's like some people are just allergic to the truth.
Do you even know how measles is spreaded?
Watch this video and tell me if you still believe it's spreaded due to poor hygiene.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2015/01/30/erin-foreman-how-does-measles-spread.cnn
First we have to be able to determine as americans what is a lie and what is not. Both parties do not do the same. Neither is perfect but one is a very long way from it when it comes to American citizens' interest as a whole. You got one party looking out for 3-5% and the other looking out for the other 95%.
Boy you're just full of false information aren't you. Benghazi has been proven to be a witch hunt And the people who served with John Kerry's in Vietnam said that the allegations about him were false. Glad I can help with getting you the facts though. Lol btw we were talking about media.
During John Kerry's candidacy in the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, a political issue that gained widespread public attention was Kerry's Vietnam war record. In television advertisements and a book called Unfit for Command, co-authored by John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), a 527 group later known as the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, questioned details of his military service record and circumstances relating to the award of his combat medals. Their campaign against Kerry's presidential bid received widespread publicity,[1] but was later discredited and gave rise to the neologism "swiftboating", to describe an unfair or untrue political attack.[2][3] Defenders of John Kerry's service record, including nearly all of his former crewmates, have stated that SBVT's allegations are false.[4][5]
[6]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry_military_service_controversy
So another agency thats been around for ages decided to start lying for this president? You see the cycle. You guys will believe or say anything to hold on to Obama hatred. That make absolutely no sense. Who's verifying with evidence that virus came from immigrants? there are no credible reports out that has put their name on immigrants being the carriers of the measles virus currently spreading in the US. You'd rather believe some news report taking it as fact when they have no technology or resources to determine than the actual agency that specializes in it. I see why you are the way you are now.
Well they're saying it as well as all the other conservative media, radio talk shows and blogs. The CDC I think is the best place to get this information don't you think? They actually specialize in deceased hence Center for Decease Control and they say it's an American strain. So it's all about who has the best ability to provide accurate info. If your sources are saying illegal aliens how are they able to determine that without the CDC? Get what I'm saying?
And I must vigorously disagree with you as well. Seat belts and car seats have been recorded as being cause of death on rare occasions. Why do you think it went from seat belts to car seats for children of certain sizes.
Yes there are rare occasions for risks for vaccines. That risk compared to causing an epidemic is minimum. Check cdc.
Didn't have to read that to say I agree. I'm just wondering why you haven't notice and given notice to all the lies being told over at Fox. Oh that's different though right?
O'Reilly
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/07/1363060/-When-Will-Fox-News-Fire-Bill-O-Reilly-For-Lying-About-Combat-Duty
Hannity
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/18/inside_the_fox_news_lie_machine_i_fact_checked_sean_hannity_on_obamacare/
Beck
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/704958
Kelly
http://bluenationreview.com/colorado-news-station-slams-foxs-megyn-kelly-lying-voter-fraud/
More money is given in corporate welfare than to poor. Go figure.
http://thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welfare/corporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/
So what about the person with masters degree that lost their job in 2008 and spent savings to stay afloat while looking for a job. Can't find one because they are so called over qualified.
Or what about the solder that served in Iraq and family has to get food stamps as suppliments.
Or the professional trader that lost out in stock market crash
Or the child that was born, given up to state.
Or the elderly person that had themselves set up for retirement and retirement saving took 90% hit after working 30 years of there life. Or had pension that some official sad they are now slashing.
And on and on
You paint with such a broad brush. Good thing is everyone has a chance to experience poverty. You may be sitting on you high horse now looking down at the less fortunate and next year be in a bread line.