Imagine #FreeEducation you WALK to, because there was money to build schools everywhere, and the same for HEALTH (incl medical) care?

Easy! Just cut #FossilFuel corporations off from the #CorporateWelfare tit.

"Global subsidies for fossil fuels reached $7 trillion in 2022, an all-time high, according to the #IMF. An analysis of policies in 170 countries found that explicit subsidies, such as price caps on fuel, accounted for 18 percent of this total." https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuel-subsidies-2022 #FossilFuels

Oops.

They only actually mined 8.9 million worth of Bitcoin last month.

#bitcoin #corporatewelfare

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-riot-31point7-million-to-shut-down-in-august.html

#Qantas records $1.7 billion profit after years of COVID-induced turbulence - ABC News #corporatewelfare
https://stocks.apple.com/A-gnleCs7S6620Bz2Djrd_A

#RalphNader Radio Hour
#CorporateWelfare

Aug 19
The False Promise of Small Nuclear Reactors

Ralph is joined by M.V. Ramana, professor at the “School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia,” to lay out the false promise of small nuclear reactors, which still carry the risk of accidents, still produce waste, still produce plutonium for the weapons industry and are still economically noncompetitive with wind and solar.

https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-false-promise-of-small-nuclear#details

“The payment of an extra $463 million to Irving Shipbuilding is to allow the firm to modernize its Halifax-area facilities so the company can build the Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC).”
#NSpoli #cdnpoli #Irvings #Oligarchs #Neoliberalism #CorporateWelfare #NoWar
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/analysis-irving-gets-463-million-more-from-taxpayers-for-troubled-warship-program

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/14/ubs-settlement-mortgage-fraud-financial-crisis
And yet we all know none of this will trickle down to the people who were harmed. Why not? Who gets the $s? Is it used to boost corporate welfare?
#GovernmentSettlements
#BigBankFraud
#HousingCrisis
#MortgageFraud
#CorporateWelfare
#ReturnTheMoneyToThePeople

Of all people, George Will explains a small portion of the corporate welfare that props up the US false economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/09/sugar-protectionism-raises-prices/?utm_campaign=wp_follow_george_f_will&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl-georgefwill
#FalseEconomy #CorporateWelfare #Capitalism #Subsidies

#CorporateGrift #grifting #grifters #corporateWelfare #TaxEquality

This One Company Controls America’s Entire Health Care System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frr4wuvAB6U&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion

Why are so many doctors being forced to take out payday loans to make ends meet? Trying to answer this question led us to a giant monopoly that's been slowly plundering every part of our health care system.

#marketdecides #capitalism #medicalpaywall #wagetheft #captiveconsumers #HMOact #corporatewelfare #profitganda #unionize #richardburke #interstudy #fraud #fleece #medicalaccess #death #rationing #50milliondenials #annually

The Failed Promise of Electric Cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DJ1UKjk-o&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion

Federal funding for electric vehicle manufacturing was supposed to create thousands of good-paying, union jobs. But workers at Ultium Cells, which makes electric batteries for GM, reveal a different story. They make just $16.50/hour. One worker told us he's afraid he'll come home in a body bag.

Ultium received $2.5 billion from the government for their electric battery project.

One Ultium worker told us, "They need to stop giving taxpayer dollars to companies that essentially treat their workers like gum on the bottom of a boot.”

#neoliberalism #danger #workingconditions #povertywages #corporatewelfare #death #lostjobs #ceowindfalls #backroom #exposure #electricution #injuries #illness #airquality #safetyhazards #retaliation #suspended #shadydeals

The Oil Industry Makes Its Own Rules in Canada’s Tar Sands

https://jacobin.com/2023/07/alberta-tar-sands-fossil-fuel-industry-regulatory-capture-environmental-law/

An oil refinery processing tar sands crude without permits for over two decades showcases Alberta’s need for regulation. But with the Trudeau Liberals’ history of giving Big Oil no-strings-attached cash, it’s doubtful that the cavalry is coming anytime soon.

#planetkiller #illegal #corruptgovernment #WEF #Trudeau #neoliberalism #corporatewelfare #noregulation #profitmotive #bribery

Good Jobs First does solid work tracking #CorporateWelfare, #TaxBreaks, health/safety violations, etc. in the US and UK

They also host paid internships:

"Interns do a variety of tasks, based on their experience and interests, and the current project needs of the organization. Past interns [researched] subsidies for electric vehicle companies, fact-checked datasets, created videos and graphics, written blogs and analysis, and assisted with website development."

https://goodjobsfirst.org/jobs-and-internships/

Corporate Welfare, yet another example.

Found in "Vegas stadium deal stalls in Legislature", #SFChronicle today. The Nevada legislature failed to vote on a bill that would allocate "up to $380 million in public funds" for a new stadium in Las Vegas for the current Oakland A's. The deal is far from dead. The governor could call a special session to take up the bill.

Corporate Welfare highlights:
- $180 million tax credits from the state.
- $120 million bonds issued by the county.
- $25 million in infrastructure costs paid by the county.
- Ballpark site exempt from property taxes for 30 years.

#corporatewelfare #Nevada #OaklandAs #baseball #greed #business #LasVegas

Be crystal clear:
@POTUS @TheDemocrats are on vs @GOP
All Biden & Dems want is for billionaires & corporations to pay their fair share with modest increases in taxes & end #CorporateWelfare
@GOP wants to SLASH all programs to hurt US: Medicare, SS & Vet's Benefits & Families

@GottaLaff Maybe we should start holding the media to the standards we hold #teachers. Everyone who reads something published by a big media company should have to take a #StandardizedTest to see if the media informed them of anything useful, and if their audiences do poorly on the test then we take away any the publishers' copyrights and any other #CorporateWelfare

For the record, I strongly oppose this use of taxpayer funds.

#CorporateWelfare

/fin

I wrote a long essay on the #DebtCeiling, the #NationalDebt, #Republicans, the #FederalBudget, #Taxes, #TaxCuts, #SocialWelfare, #CorporateWelfare, #MinimumWage, and more.

Since Mastodon doesn't like essays, am posting it as an image, or you can read I posted it at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thedavid.mfano/posts/pfbid0MDceqfqiVMuYAoYn6QwYHm85m3TGj87SPbLwU3vWeMbfuccqhpgeucT4VLzyL6B4l

#news #politics #economy

The #Biden administration cares so deeply about #ClimateChange that you can now only get the #EV tax credit if you buy an American brand. Because #CorporateWelfare is good for the #Environment doncha know.

Dislaimer: I work for a subsidiary of an American car company that makes EVs and will personally benefit from this.

The #Biden administration cares so deeply about #ClimateChange that you can now only get the #EV tax credit if you buy an American brand. Because #CorporateWelfare is good for the #Environment doncha know.

Dislaimer: I work for a subsidiary of an American company and will personally benefit from this.

My girlfriend is on the phone arguing with her medical “insurance” company about an $845 co-pay for a prescribed medication. #unfetteredcapitalism #corporategreed #corporatewelfare #richpeoplesuck #merica