Read more subsidies stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30184/subsidies.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:12:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Rangel’s campaign coffers are bulging with campaign cash from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but he insists that’s in no way influencing his decision on the competing rum tax bills each territory is pushing. “Besides Puerto Rico, you are the only one who has asked about it,” he...http://www.newser.com/story/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55452/death-of-newspapers-wont-kill-the-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBefore newspapers held sway over politicians and maintained monopolies under federal anti-trust exemptions, they were a service people were willing to pay for, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post . Even if “technology is on the verge of removing some traditionally vital organs of the body politic,” they will be...http://www.newser.com/story/55452/death-of-newspapers-wont-kill-the-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 14:06:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55301/obama-cant-cull-farm-subsidies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s attempt to slash farm subsidies seems to have died on the vine, the New York Times reports. The $9.7 billion in cuts Obama included in his budget outline were conspicuously absent from the outlines the House and Senate approved Thursday, squashed by farm state lawmakers. Now supporters...http://www.newser.com/story/55301/obama-cant-cull-farm-subsidies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 11:18:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37546/creamery-biz-milked-subsidies-under-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics who say Sarah Palin is not as fiscally conservative as she claims are questioning extended subsidies paid to a state-run creamery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing the operation in 2007 after it fell $1.5 million in the red. Palin instead fired the...http://www.newser.com/story/37546/creamery-biz-milked-subsidies-under-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 5:02:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34002/washington-wants-you-to-guzzle-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs gas prices rise, Americans are driving less—and fewer dollars are flowing into the gas-tax-fueled Federal Highway Trust Fund. President Bush’s illogical response? To take money out of public transportation and put it in the highway fund—the latest bizarre example of officials intent on promoting and subsidizing the...http://www.newser.com/story/34002/washington-wants-you-to-guzzle-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 Aug 2008 15:28:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33688/global-trade-talks-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorld Trade Organization talks to forge a new global trade pact collapsed yesterday after seven years of negotiations. An EU spokesman called the breakdown a "massive blow to the confidence in the global economy." The talks fell apart as China and India demanded the authortity to impose "safeguard" tariffs if...http://www.newser.com/story/33688/global-trade-talks-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jul 2008 4:32:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33364/agricultural-economist-has-growing-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs there any way to justify US farm subsidies? Agricultural economist Daniel Sumner has a blunt answer: “No.” In an in-depth interview with the New York Times , Sumner takes on a broad range of agricultural topics, explaining the trouble with organic food (it’s too expensive), the problems with local food...http://www.newser.com/story/33364/agricultural-economist-has-growing-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29532/senate-moves-to-privatize-anemic-restaurants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate has voted to privatize its restaurants after decades of losing money, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes after much wrangling among Democrats, split between the $250,000 taxpayer subsidy that keeps the restaurants afloat and the lower wages workers would receive. “You cannot stand on the Senate...http://www.newser.com/story/29532/senate-moves-to-privatize-anemic-restaurants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Jun 2008 8:03:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26160/new-stadiums-dont-repay-cities-that-subsidize-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProfessional sports stadiums have seen an enormous boom since 1990, often drawing on millions of dollars in public financing. Economics professor Dennis Coates, writing in the American , examines whether the expenditures actually benefit local economies—and finds the answer a general "no." Stadiums actually reduce per-capita income, drive down wages,...http://www.newser.com/story/26160/new-stadiums-dont-repay-cities-that-subsidize-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 May 2008 7:57:41 CDT