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River Industry Cites Olmsted Failure in Push for Taxpayer Aid

September 16, 2013 | Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | Transportation & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON • For years, the barge industry has complained that aging locks and dams hike the cost of waterborne cargo and pose an... Read More

House Makes Proposal for Waterways Projects

September 13, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Transportation & Infrastructure

A bipartisan group of congressional members has introduced legislation that would change the way billions of dollars of water infrastructure... Read More

Taxpayers Turn U.S. Farmers Into Fat Cats With Crop Subsidies

September 09, 2013 | Bloomberg Busineesweek | Agriculture

A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st-century crutch enabling affluent growers and... Read More

Bloomberg: Wal-Mart Connection Means Taxpayers Pay More for Rogers Airport Tower

August 21, 2013 | Arkansas Business | Transportation & Infrastructure

Bloomberg yesterday took a look at the Rogers Municipal Airport, home to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s fleet of corporate jets, and finds the... Read More

4 Examples Of Corporate Welfare In Action

August 21, 2013 | MintPress News | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

While corporations are often painted as the independent drivers of the U.S. economic system, the beacons of small government success aren’t... Read More

Hey Taxpayers, Here’s How You’re Subsidizing Wal-Mart

August 21, 2013 | Wall St. Cheat Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

The operations of an airport in Rogers — a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, with a population nearly 56,000 — show the degree to... Read More

11 Trillion Reasons

August 12, 2013 | The New York Times | Agriculture

Here is a good line: Unenlightened farm policy with its massive subsidies for junk food ingredients has played a pivotal role in shaping our... Read More

Antiquated U.S. farm policy fiscally foolish

August 08, 2013 | Lebanon Daily News | Agriculture

In June, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected, 195-234, a trillion-dollar farm bill that included agriculture... Read More

Congress considers clipping rural Montana air service’s wings

August 08, 2013 | Billings Gazette | Transportation & Infrastructure

The future of rural Montana air service could be in for a bumpy ride when Congress returns to work next month. Federally subsidized... Read More

Transportation bill yields a THUD in the House

The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill -- THUD for short -- is a $44 billion measure. House leaders put it... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More