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dilby

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41. But if welfare for private planes and yachts ended...

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:51 PM

Mar 2014

How would the wealthy ever get to Washington to ask their political friends for welfare for their hedge funds, banks and corporations? Sucks that we live in country where he with the most money has the most political influence.

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NYT's Kristof: 5 wasteful public welfare programs that should be stopped [View all] Newsjock Mar 2014 OP

sorry I can only rec once 2pooped2pop Mar 2014 #1

Me, too! calimary Mar 2014 #50

K/R. (nt) NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #2

KICK! Cha Mar 2014 #3

good points !! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #4

kr....nt MindMover Mar 2014 #5

Gee...I've known about all of these... SoapBox Mar 2014 #6

These need to be named each and every time a Republican or DINO trots out that old phrase LuckyLib Mar 2014 #7

Yeah, just wait until the Democrats hear about this! And the liberal media! Whoooooooo!! Scuba Mar 2014 #21

K & R Iliyah Mar 2014 #8

Damn, that was REALLY unexpected mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #9

DC is a racket. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #10

be aware allinthegame Mar 2014 #11

Yep Aerows Mar 2014 #43

K&R stage left Mar 2014 #12

more than $12 billion annually in tax subsidies for corporate meals and entertainment. ErikJ Mar 2014 #13

And they "have" the money to pay for their own food. LakeVermilion Mar 2014 #49

How about the oil company subsidies to the tune of about $4 billion a year? world wide wally Mar 2014 #14

+1 sakabatou Mar 2014 #15

I'll be posting this on Facebook and a few other places. TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #16

Great idea! Post to FB and make this go viral! 2banon Mar 2014 #52

k n r cui bono Mar 2014 #17

K&R CFLDem Mar 2014 #18

They certainly Should, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #19

Great photo fasttense Mar 2014 #40

But but, this would affect the job creators! Enthusiast Mar 2014 #20

Job creators get all that assistance, so where are the jobs? IronLionZion Mar 2014 #23

Yes. If we would just cut their taxes again maybe this time they wouldn't outsource Enthusiast Mar 2014 #24

As long as we keep doing the same things, we can expect a different outcome. nt IronLionZion Mar 2014 #25

Sounds like the best list ever nt MrScorpio Mar 2014 #22

Kristof - I'm in love with that guy. DebJ Mar 2014 #26

I saw "Kristol" in the post headline Ratty Mar 2014 #37

Yin and yang. n/t DebJ Mar 2014 #38

"TIF districts" (tax-incremented financing) are a GREAT example of #5 : bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #27

TIFs from cities to corporations are damaging JimDandy Mar 2014 #28

Agreed! KansDem Mar 2014 #29

K & R a million times! mountain grammy Mar 2014 #30

k and r + a gazllion. niyad Mar 2014 #31

Yeah. That's gonna happen. Jakes Progress Mar 2014 #32

k&r SHRED Mar 2014 #33

We Deserve it BlueNAlabama Mar 2014 #34

The "yacht" subsidy is actually a "second home" deduction. Glassunion Mar 2014 #35

And some of us not in the 1% are using it. rwsanders Mar 2014 #46

would love to stick this in every Ayn Rand fan's face. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #36

I just copied and pasted this article into my FB, I'm just sayin' drynberg Mar 2014 #39

But if welfare for private planes and yachts ended... dilby Mar 2014 #41

Kick Gin Mar 2014 #42

Huge K&R Blue Owl Mar 2014 #44

On air traffic control hootinholler Mar 2014 #45

Pic Of The Moment: It's Time To End Wasteful Welfare! allan01 Mar 2014 #47

I'm all for it! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2014 #48

Hey, look, something we can all agree upon! Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #51

Yes! senseandsensibility Mar 2014 #53

knr alfredo Mar 2014 #54

K & R! Omaha Steve Apr 2014 #55