Read more taxpayer money stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12686/taxpayer-money.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:44:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68198/us-reaps-profit-as-banks-pay-back-tarp-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the government spent some $240 billion last year to help avert financial disaster, the idea of making a profit from the TARP funds invested in teetering banks looked like a long shot. Now, however, profits from eight banks who’ve paid back the cash have totaled some $4 billion, or...http://www.newser.com/story/68198/us-reaps-profit-as-banks-pay-back-tarp-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:38:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64866/tarp-watchdog-bailouts-may-cost-us-24t.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe special inspector overseeing Treasury’s TARP program says federal assistance to banks and other financial entities could end up costing taxpayers $23.7 trillion, Bloomberg reports. Aside from the $700 billion bailout, Neil Barofsky says in testimony prepared for told Congress tomorrow, other trillion-dollar federal programs could balloon. “TARP has...http://www.newser.com/story/64866/tarp-watchdog-bailouts-may-cost-us-24t.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59199/another-uk-lawmaker-suspended-over-expenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain’s Labour Party has suspended David Chaytor, the latest lawmaker caught up in a widening expense account scandal, the Daily Telegraph reports. Chaytor reportedly claimed $20,000 in interest on a mortgage that was already paid off. Chaytor has said he made an “unforgivable error in my accounting procedures for...http://www.newser.com/story/59199/another-uk-lawmaker-suspended-over-expenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 9:17:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59125/uk-minister-resigns-in-expense-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain’s justice minister resigned today amid a furor over a sketchy rental agreement, the first MP to do so following the revelation of excessive expenses charged by members of parliament to taxpayers, the Telegraph reports. Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched an investigation into whether Shahid Malik breached conduct codes in...http://www.newser.com/story/59125/uk-minister-resigns-in-expense-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 12:13:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54745/obamas-will-pick-up-tab-for-white-house-renovations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack and Michelle Obama won’t be using the $100,000 in taxpayer cash the first family is allotted for White House renovations, New York magazine reports. Instead, they’ll fund their fix-up out of their own pockets. Which may be a good political investment, since they’ve hired Michael S. Smith, a...http://www.newser.com/story/54745/obamas-will-pick-up-tab-for-white-house-renovations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 7:44:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52821/our-family-can-raise-octuplets-gramps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe grandfather of the California octuplets says he'll fight for his daughter Nadya Suleman’s right to raise her kids, ABC News reports. "I will stop anybody from taking my grandchildren away," Ed Doud said in an interview with Good Morning America , responding to reports that the hospital currently caring for...http://www.newser.com/story/52821/our-family-can-raise-octuplets-gramps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 12:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50731/cramer-changes-course-have-faith-in-geithner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeithner’s got it, James Cramer writes in New York —much to his own surprise. Cramer notes that he's railed against the Treasury chief for months, but he's now come around just as others have abandoned him. “The press, the pols, the Wall Streeters—they are all dumping their golden boy...http://www.newser.com/story/50731/cramer-changes-course-have-faith-in-geithner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 9:46:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32855/your-tax-dollars-put-their-names-in-concrete.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot long ago, a lawmaker had to be dead to put his or her name on something, but these days every two-bit representative in Congress has a building, bridge, or monument, complains John Fund in the Wall Street Journal. These “honors” are almost always paid for with tax dollars, but...http://www.newser.com/story/32855/your-tax-dollars-put-their-names-in-concrete.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Jul 2008 18:33:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24118/bills-bills-cost-us-a-record-8m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton is costing taxpayers significantly more in publicly funded perks than the two other surviving former presidents, reports Politico. From 2001 through the end of this year, $8 million will be spent on Bill Clinton, compared with $5.5 million for George H. W. Bush and $4 million for...http://www.newser.com/story/24118/bills-bills-cost-us-a-record-8m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Apr 2008 4:37:45 CDT