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2banon

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52. Great idea! Post to FB and make this go viral!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:57 PM

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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