The Energy Revolution Is In Reverse

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2014 The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How the Rich Became Dependent on Government Welfare

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Remember when President Obama was lambasted for saying "you didn't build that"? Turns out he was right, at least when it comes to lots of stuff built by the world's wealthiest corporations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Walmart Got $150 Million in Government Subsidies

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 27, 2014 Nonpartisan watchdog Good Jobs First just released a study showing that federal, state and local officials have awarded $63 billion in subsidies to Fortune 500 companies alone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress Suffers From Selective Deficit Disorder

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 The same farm bill that cuts food stamps by $8 billion could increase subsidies to wealthy farmers and agribusinesses by $15 billion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John Elway Is an Anti-Subsidy Hypocrite

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Not to beat up on the Denver Broncos after Sunday's rout in New York, but one of the team's heroes and top executives really needs to check himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Food Stamp Cuts Help the Rich, Hurt the Poor and Starve the Economy

BLANK Nov 19, 2013 As part of the New York Times series on “The Great Divide,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz dives into the pernicious link between campaign money, farm subsidies and starving Americans. It doesn’t speak well of us as a nation, or a political system. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Flood Insurance

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Homeownership Support Shouldn’t Be a Mansion Subsidy

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 14, 2012 With Congress finally starting to have a serious conversation about our revenue crisis, there are obvious reasons to limit the amount of mortgage interest that Americans can deduct from their taxable income. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Apr 7, 2012 Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies" -- a word representing at least $10 billion in freebies and possibly as much as $40 billion annually in freebie cash for an energy industry already making historic profits. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Boehner Pays Lip Service to Cutting Government Oil Subsidies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2011 With gas prices still rising, House Speaker John Boehner has broken from traditional GOP rhetoric to voice his support for ending tax breaks to the oil industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s USDA Leaves Subsidy Payees More Places to Hide

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2010 Yasha Levine, who reported for us on tea party diva Michele Bachmann's hypocritical penchant for federal farm subsidies, tipped us off that the Obama administration and Congress are making it harder to track the millionaires who hit up Uncle Sam for crop cash. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Michele Bachmann: Welfare Queen

Yasha Levine / Truthdig Dec 22, 2009 The anti-government insurrectionist has taken more than a quarter-million dollars in government handouts thanks to corrupt farming subsidies she has been collecting for at least a decade.The anti-government insurrectionist has taken more than a quarter-million dollars in government handouts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )