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Corporations
Corporate welfare is a function of political corruption.
S&L bailout helped bankers & hurt consumers.
Rules needed for examining & challenging corporate welfare.
Scrutinize even “good” corporate welfare which helps public.
Disallow benefits to companies except for public purposes.
Stadiums & other local tax abatements ignore small business.
Federal regulation of state & local abatements & subsidies.
Cancel R&D giveaways to auto industry; let them do it.
Bailouts: require payback; practice prevention by regulation.
Legislation to eliminate all corporate welfare.
$1000 bounty for suing for abuse of corporate welfare.
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Environment
Mining companies get free mines for campaign contributions.
Highway pork leads to sprawl, air pollution, global warming.
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Free Trade
Restrict IMF power, or abolish it.
End export assistance; it’s corporate welfare.
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Health Care
Enforce fair drug prices if sponsored by govt research.
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Homeland Security
Corporate welfare: taxpayers fund defense industry mergers.
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Jobs
Focus on family farms instead of large agribusiness.
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Tax Reform
Tax code loopholes benefit corporate donors & cost taxpayers.
Sunshine on tax loopholes; sunset on tax breaks.
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Technology
FCC gave away $70B in airwave licenses to large corporations.
Domain name registration needs openness to replace monopoly.
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Welfare & Poverty
Attack corporate welfare kings, not poor welfare queens.
Limit executive compensation to 30-to-1 over lowest pay.
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