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 )

Despite Subsidies, Class Sizes Rise in California Schools

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2009 Most of California's largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Reid Announces Stimulus Agreement

Staff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2009 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Wednesday afternoon that congressional leaders have finally agreed on a $789 billion economic stimulus package, pushing the plan to a final House and Senate vote by Friday at the earliest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New World Trade Treaty Plowed Under

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva finally imploded Wednesday, as negotiations over farm subsidies and labor standards collapsed into an immovable standstill between wealthy and poorer countries. The talks, defended heavily by the "developed world," are seen by critics as an instrument to serve corporate interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )