#subsidies

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#federal #get #mansions #own #people

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations. ↗

— Ron Kind

#budget #budget deficits #cannot #corporations #costs

That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#allow #both #compete #cut #domestic

American farmers produced 600 more calories per person per day in 2000 than they did in 1980. But some calories got cheaper than others: Since 1980, the price of sweeteners and added fats (most of them derived, respectively, from subsidized corn and subsidized soybeans), dropped 20 percent, while the price of fresh fruits and vegetables increased by 40 percent. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#calories #corn #farmers #fats #fresh

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would lower gas prices, opting instead to give massive subsidies to the oil and gas industry. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#any #bring #bush #bush administration #comprehensive

Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#companies #costs #down #drive #everybody

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#aircraft #assistance #below #capital #cost

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains. ↗

— John Moody

#big government #company #contest #country #entire

Very simply, we subsidize high-fructose corn syrup in this country, but not carrots. While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the president is signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, guaranteeing that the cheapest calories in the supermarket will continue to be the unhealthiest. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#health #healthy-diet #subsidies #design

Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on Social Security saying if getting fewer benefits will help us on the debt, they're for it. And I had a farmer saying that he's had subsidies for 35 years but we can't afford them anymore. ↗

— Peter Welch

#anymore #back #benefits #constituents #debt