#government subsidies

[protoslacker]

In 2020, the federal government spent more than $193 billion on subsidies for homeowners — "most families who enjoy this benefit have six-figure incomes and are white" — but just $53 billion on direct housing assistance for low-income families. That's not for lack of need. Because of chronic federal underinvestment, only 1 in 4 extremely low-income Americans who qualify for housing aid get it.

Jennifer Ludden at NPR. 'Poverty, By America' shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

#poverty #government subsidies #book #rich people

[tybutler]

Do you know you can get free government money if you had a business during the pandemic? Click here and find out more. You don't have to pay no money and if you don't get paid we don't get paid:

#free government money #government grants #government subsidies #ertc assist #entrepreneur tax credit #taxes and taxation #pandemic #relief #financial assistance programs #money for business #covid business relief #entrepreneur government programs #government stimulas relief #tax subsides #free money for business #business recovery funds #economic stimulus package #business support services (nec)

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Government incentives will play an important role in reconciling the competing demands on our planet’s resources. But new research reveals at least $1.8tn (£1.3tn) of environmentally harmful subsidies is heading in the wrong direction every year, financing the annihilation of wildlife and global heating through support for cattle ranching, pesticide use, the overproduction of crops and fossil fuel extraction.

“In a situation where, as a civilisation, we are dying from climate change and biodiversity loss, we should not be spending money on making the situation worse,” says Ariel Brunner, head of policy for BirdLife Europe and Central Asia. “The biggest threats to our ability to feed ourselves are climate change and environmental collapse. We have enough food. The only scenarios in which we wouldn’t have enough are linked to running out of water, soil erosion and the collapse of ecosystems.”

The report, produced by leading subsidy experts for the B Team and Business for Nature, estimated that, each year, there is at least $640bn of environmentally damaging financial support for the fossil fuel industry, $520bn for agriculture and $350bn for the unsustainable use of freshwater. Examples range from subsidies for soy production in the Amazon and palm oil plantations in south-east Asia to artificially low energy prices for groundwater pumping in Iran and poor water management in California.

Despite a target on redirecting subsidies in the draft UN biodiversity agreement, repurposing them will not be easy. The B Team argues that the UN target should be strengthened to eradicate all environmentally harmful subsidies – not just the $500bn drafted at the moment – and businesses must reveal the support and subsidies they receive through environmental disclosures.

But there is also political jeopardy. Governments have never met a UN target on halting the destruction of nature, with failure to act on subsidies highlighted as a key failure of last decade’s targets. Recent protests in France, Kazakhstan and Nigeria over the threatened loss of subsidies are warnings to leaders on how subsidy reform can go wrong.

#government subsidies #agriculture #ranching #pesticides #climate change #fossil fuels

[jbfly46]

Calling 211 for resources is a dead end because they’re all organizations committing fraud and embezzling all of the government subsidies given to them, and any employee who recommends you to call 211 is also guilty of fraud and embezzlement.

#211 #resources #charities #fraud #embezzlement #tax evasion #government subsidies

[dosesofcommonsense]

Someone - anyone - please tell us that A&M (& schools like it) aren’t receiving federal funds. If they’re self-funding, why do our tax dollars need to go there?

**They can hire/fire whomever. That’s their choice.

#truth #common sense #college #federal funding #broken system #tax dollars #government subsidies

[hometopeacockcyn]

Why are Trumpies so afraid?

Because they depend on liberals for survival. Blue states are given states. They subsidize Red states, which are taker states.

Two years ago, California governor, Gavin Newsom, cut subsidies to taker states. If you live in a Blue state, ask your governor to do the same.

#fear #trump #taker states #red states #government subsidies #gavin newsom #california #practical solutions #welfare state

[shitpostroundhouse]

Let's look into that deeper complexity he's asking for:

Yeah, pretty complicated shit, dude.

Feel free to label everything in the diagram so as not to be simplistic.

#shitpost #relatable memes #shitposting #hashtag relatable #f-16 #human services #corporate welfare #welfare program #support systems #military industrial complex #subsidies #government subsidies

[amiwhoithinkiam]

Maybe, just maybe, companies who are so critical to some kind of infrastructure (energy, water, telecommunications) that they need to be rescued by the publics' money when the fail to make profit or else there'll be terrible consequences, they should not be private companies...

Makes me furious

#uniper #capitalism #economy #government subsidies #de-privatize crucial infrastructure

[reportwire]

Dem says Manchin blocking energy, tax provisions in big bill

Dem says Manchin blocking energy, tax provisions in big bill

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin has said he’ll oppose an economic measure he’s been negotiating with Democratic leaders if it includes climate or energy provisions or higher taxes on the rich and corporations, a Democrat briefed on the conversations said late Thursday, delivering a stunning blow to one of the party’s top election-year priorities. The official said Manchin, who derailed his party’s…

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#Access to health care #Economic policy #Energy and utilities regulation #Government aid for industry #Government regulations #Government subsidies #Government taxation and revenue #Health #Industry regulation #Legislature #National govern #National taxes

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

What financial decisions do this country need to make to fix most of our issues? Do you think a republican president is necessary for these changes to be made?

We need to build a giant statue of the Monopoly Man and ritually sacrifice poor people to it until the economy gets better. But no political party has the balls to do what's necessary these days.

#but really tho just slash most regulations destroy the epa abolish government subsidies and get rid of 99% of taxes #the part about no political party having the balls to do it is accurate though

[queen-boudicca]

Me when doing my environmental science homework, at every available opportunity:

#wish there were a class discord or a chill teacher so i could share it #fr though I'm like “oh we're talking about freshwater? hey did you know that agricultural runoff is causing accelerated eutrophication?” #and that a lot of the runoff is bc of erosion caused by the destruction of ecosystems and their vegetation that would've kept soil in place #and the runoff is mostly compromised of fertilizer and bacteria and pesticides from the agriculture and sediment from the eroded land #and that crop irrigation is so inefficient that literally 40% of irrigation water never reaches the crops #and don't even get me started on the FUCKING CORN SUBSIDIES #god those fucking corn subsidies #“hey boudicca what's the worst policy choice the us government made in the 1930s–40s?” #“was it American isolationism? maybe increased militarization? the garbage treatment of women and minorities?” #wrong! it was not stopping those fucking corn subsidies #(this is a joke obviously those other things were worse) #(I'm not actually saying this silly little agricultural practice was worse than Japanese internment don't worry) #but i AM saying that at some point they should've fucking phased out those goddamn corn subsidies #do you wanna know why California grows so much corn even though it's an incredibly water intensive crop and California is dry as shit? #I'll give you three guesses #anyway sorry for rambling my point is fuck industrial agriculture #agriculture #described

[alphacrone]

very weird how the number of scammy ads on youtube seemed to skyrocket after youtube cracked down on ad blockers

#if i get one more ad for a government subsidy or stimulus #using weird ai footage of tate or rogan or oprah #i’m gonna start chewing though drywall

[pastlight]

i'd truly love to read if there's some sort of like. sociology study on not just de decline of the middle class, but what people are willing to consider middle class. and i don't mean just in the USA.

i just watched a clip of a newscaster/commentator from my country talking about all the "small" sacrifices people will have to make in the upcoming crisis, and she told the anecdote of a middle class family considering doing "one big meal a day" for the kids. and like, even if that anecdote is real, even leaving aside the pure evil of that segment equating cancelling your netflix subscription to eating once a day, trying to normalize this... in what universe is that middle class. how do you say that and not immediately implode.

and worse of all, im sure there were people watching and nodding along.

idk Marx probably predicted it or smth but there's something fascinating about how people will cling to the label of "middle class" in the modern economic climate when upwards mobility feels progressively less attainable. how do we redefine a luxury year after year. how much are you willing to give up for your pride, to the point when your only hope month after month is "not starve and pay rent" but you have a big tv bought with your hard earned cash! so you still believe you're a step away from living comfortably like your parents did.

#im not smart enough to make a good conclusion to this post #im just. so tired. #people who use the rising poverty statistics to complain about the government (understandable) #but will immediately turn around and blame those same people for all the problems in the country #look at the person earning half as much as you and call them lazy #ignore that you don't own a house. you don't own a car. you won't be able to pay public transport or utilities without government subsidies #you're middle class goddamnit! you're an honorable worker! you're better than ''the poor''! #pas post

[bijoumikhawal]

IDK if I've mentioned this, but given the fan-term "Federaji" and the Canon "Ferengi" My brain has slid into the assumption that at some point Cardassia had close ties to Ferenginar, and the word they use to refer to the Ferengi is the one that's entered the lexicon of Federation members.

#Cipher talk #Ds9 #Cardassians #Ferengi #The sad corollary to this is using the Ferengi is my IMF hate sponge every once in awhile in my head #I already gave Cardassians the bread subsidy might as well give them a government bullying them over it

[asgardian--angels]

keeping honeybee hives as a way to ‘save the bees’ is the equivalent of claiming factory farmed chickens are somehow stopping greater prairie chickens from going extinct lmao

#wanna know one of the worst takes I've seen by beekeepers lobbying the government? #putting honeybee hives in national parks #to help bee populations #anyway no offense to beekeepers out there who do what they do as a small business etc etc #but the beekeeping industry actively works to shift focus away from wild pollinator conservation onto honeybees #they have a lot of weight and money to throw around and they use it to influence federal and state policy #the relationship between native pollinator biologists and beekeepers is like that of wildlife biologists and hunters #we should be working together to address common issues that affect all these species. and occasionally we do. some of us are both #but way more frequently than necessary we have to walk on eggshells around you because if we upset you you'll rain hell upon us #i speak from experience as both a pollinator ecologist and a wildlife biologist and lemme tell you it's a drag #as long as you have government subsidy on your side you're invincible #remember kids we only rely on honeybees for so much pollination because we destroyed the habitat of native pollinators on farmland #despite this native pollinators account for a not insignificant portion of pollination but it's not widely publicized #it's estimated that if we provide native habitat free from pesticides then we can reduce reliance on honeybees significantly #enough that for some crops we wouldn't need them at all #galaxy brained athena take here: the next big thing will be 'wild pollinator certified' foods

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

so turns out youtube is FULL of videos by museums on how to curate/design exhibits which means my day is now fully planned

#I'm gonna create an exhibit in a small town museum with (presumably) a shoestring budget at BEST #because the town government has been cutting subsidies #we have (almost) no professionals coming in to help. no budget. I've never done this before at all #and am doing a topic I started learning about 1.5 year ago #while also dealing with grief and all the administrative work that goes into dealing with a family death #I love doing the impossible #(I say 'almost no professionals' because I do actually know one (1) professional who's done exhibits before #including at this museum #her mom is also a volunteer at this same museum #but I also don't want to rely on her too much because we can't actually pay her anything #and also I very selfishly want this exhibit to be *mine*) #also yes I'm still on vacation from work but I'm also feeling like shit mentally and this gives me something to do #something that's not frantically sewing clothes/knitting or cleaning