#taxpayer — Public Fediverse posts
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#Ariane's $96 million launch price, although apparently competitive with #SpaceX's, actually masks 🕵️ a much higher #LaunchCost, made affordable only through subsidies 💰 https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/02/europe-still-cant-compete-with-spacex-launch-price/
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FL grand jury report just leaked:
>"These funds were #misappropriated as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund #political activities"
>Centene #SettlementMoney was for adults', children's #healthcare in FL
>FL AG #Uthmeier's PAC got most of the $10M instead
>Former FL AG #Moody signed the agreement "without conducting #DueDiligence to ensure proper #appropriation of #taxpayer funds"
BUT SOMEHOW NOBODY IS BEING CHARGED
...Fascists insisting their theft is legal. So, new?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/florida-grand-jury-desantis-administration-misappropriated-funds-medicaid -
Weird idea to stop #waste, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.
If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.
This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.
I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.
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RE: https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/117112248735713238
13 years ago, #Arianespace considered #reusability ♻️ a "dream". Nowadays they are still sleeping 😴💤 while they receive funding from #ESA
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116935801713344128
"So basically the developers of a dead horse who shunned reusability ♻️ still need more tax payers’ money to make their business case work. Even ‘commercial’ launches such as for the #Amazon constellation are reported to be costing the #taxpayer 32 mil. per launch*"
* "#European taxpayers are subsidizing every launch of satellites for Jeff Bezos by roughly $75 million 💰" https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2
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I think my takeaway from this article is that #Trump is #spending about $89k/second of #US #Taxpayer money.
https://azfreenews.com/2026/07/u-s-national-debt-reaches-39-4-trillion-jec-reports/
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The #Trump admin, which has systematically rolled back #firearms #regulations since returning to office, has also gutted federal #GunViolence prevention efforts, slashing #funding for programs & #research & even SUPPRESSING #taxpayer-funded reports aimed at reducing #gun injuries & deaths.
#law #guns #idiocracy #MassShootings #SchoolShootings #PublicHealth
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The most-common jobs in Ohio don’t pay enough to meet expenses, report says
Ohio jobs pay so poorly than median wages for 84.5% won’t cover the cost of living if that worker is the sole earner in a family of three.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithc...
#affordability #business #economy #employment #low-wages #ohio-poverty-rate #policy-matters-ohio #poverty #small-businesses #taxpayer-money #workers
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/03/the-most-common-jobs-in-ohio-dont-pay-enough-to-meet-expenses-report-says/ -
#Drumpf admin rewarding #energy contractors with massive #taxpayer payouts to drop #windmill projects.
#Drumpf admin vowed on Wednesday to pay $765 million to a power project developer #Invenergy to abandon planned #windmill projects off the coastal states of New York, #California and #Maine and convert resources to developing natural gas power plants in five landlocked Midwest states.
Seven U.S. states sued the admin this month over a similar $800 million payment to #TotalEnergies TTEF.PA to cancel an east coast offshore wind project. The state AG's suing the #ExecBranch allege payments are not proper #USA govt process and illegally misuse fund$ reserved for legal settlements when there was no actual #litigation.
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@BackFromTheDud no that was #smedleybutler #Eisenhower said "beware of the #industrialmilitarycomplex" both in essence mean the same a small elite plunders #government #taxpayer #money into #privatepockets
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He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
🇵🇹🤖 Oh look, another "groundbreaking" #language #model that only cost taxpayers 5.5 million Euros. Clearly, #Portugal will soon dominate the world of #LLMs, because nothing says cutting-edge like a report that's so riveting you can't even finish the sentence before running out of steam. 🙄✨
https://duarteocarmo.com/blog/amalia-and-the-future-of-european-portuguese-llms #Taxpayer #Spending #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Wabag #Catholic diocese to celebrate priesthood ordination -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4#Iran hangs 3 people over involvement in anti-government -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#IranEric Swalwell Sent #Women #Videos of Him Masturbating -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#10#Taxpayer funding to pay state legal claims tops $20M -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4#Crypto Week Ahead -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#42View all news from Capitals in the World https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-capitals-of-world.html
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HR 6495 (RFS) - #Taxpayer Notification -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/news.html#12#BatonRouge #Police searching for 3 people connected -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#BatonRouge#Walmart Just Dropped 4 #NewGreat Value Sodas—and They’re -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#HongKong#Spotify Adds Green Checkmark to Fight #AI #Music Personas -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#17Centrist #Democrats beef up affordability message -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#NewDelhiView all news from Ireland https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-ireland.html
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"The #school the #government provides is terrible! We should give them more #taxpayer money! #schoolchoice is terrible!"
"The #police service the government provides is terrible! We should give them less taxpayer money or even #defund them...THAT will surely improve the quality!"
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#usa #israel #palestine #lebanon #iran #syria : #war / #militaryaid / #costsofwar / #taxpayer
„The Trump administration expects U.S. taxpayers to fund not only its own military adventurism but Israel’s as well.“
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"Even #war is #corrupt " #jacquefresco https://www.golem.de/news/digitalfunk-debakel-bundeswehr-zahlt-zwei-milliarden-fuer-untaugliche-technik-2604-207266.html #german #military wastes 2 billion #taxpayer #money on unusable #radio #systems but yes sure we need cuts to #healthcare to finance this #madness
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The cost of our all hands on deck heroic rescue of the US service man trapped in #Iran looks to be well over $250 million dollars, and if you include the first lost #aircraft, as well as those lost in the rescue, it could be far more.
A random value estimate of the US #AirForce’s MC-130Js left destroyed In Iran Is around $100 Million each....Rather than risk capture by Iranian forces, the #Pentagon made the decision to destroy multiple US aircraft in place.
The cost of smaller aircraft left smoldering on the makeshift desert airfield in Iraq estimate to be about $2 million each...
#CBS reported a congressional briefing where one official called it a “fair guess” that the daily #USA #taxpayer cost of #DJT military "intervention" in Iraq is costing well over $1.5 billion.
https://simpleflying.com/usaf-mc-130js-destroyed-iran-over-100-million-each-special-ops/
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@riggbeck @MichaelEMann @ZLabe @RARohde @rahmstorf @davidho @GeraldKutney #TotalEnergies is basically a #fossilfuel company, & I'm quite sure they wouldn't mind making money out of the #American #taxpayer in the least, nor will they be in any way averse to exploiting Donald Trump's extraordinary allergy to any form of #renewableenergy. Their agreeing to the contract is an exercise in cynicism.
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#Ecotricity founder, #DaleVince, says:
"Here's a worthwhile list to be on. The top 100 #taxpayers in Britain (I'm 81 apparently). #Taxes built our #economy, they pay for #education, #transport, #health and so much more."https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/tax-list-uk-100-biggest-taxpayers-jx6ldh5hd
https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/uks-top-10-taxpayers-revealed-30858262
#tax #uktax #taxation #wealthtax #taxtherich #taxthewealthy #taxisgood #taxingtherich #taxpayer #uktaxpayers #taxationuk #ukpolitics #ukeconomy #politics #economy #unitedkingdom #uk #government #ukgovernment #britishgovernment
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#Ohio offers a new way to use public money for #ChristianSchools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Updated 12:09 AM EST, November 17, 2024COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — "Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap #taxpayer money used more typically for #PublicSchools. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning #conservative political group and facing objections from defenders of the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.
"In President-elect Donald #Trump, backers of school choice have gained an ally in their efforts to share taxpayer money with families to pay for things like private school tuition. Trump has cast school choice as a way to counter what he calls leftist indoctrination in public classrooms and is expected to seek a boost for the movement at the federal level.
"The Ohio case shows how governments can push the envelope to funnel money to private schools.
"The state has put a small part of its budget surplus toward competitive grants for expanding and renovating #ReligiousSchools. Most of the winning construction projects are associated with the #CenterForChristianVirtue, an Ohio-based advocacy group that’s seen its revenues balloon amid the state’s push to expand religious educational options. "
Read more:https://apnews.com/article/christian-private-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3
#ChristoFascism #ChristianCoalition
#ChristianNationalism
#Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism -
#Ohio offers a new way to use public money for #ChristianSchools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Updated 12:09 AM EST, November 17, 2024COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — "Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap #taxpayer money used more typically for #PublicSchools. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning #conservative political group and facing objections from defenders of the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.
"In President-elect Donald #Trump, backers of school choice have gained an ally in their efforts to share taxpayer money with families to pay for things like private school tuition. Trump has cast school choice as a way to counter what he calls leftist indoctrination in public classrooms and is expected to seek a boost for the movement at the federal level.
"The Ohio case shows how governments can push the envelope to funnel money to private schools.
"The state has put a small part of its budget surplus toward competitive grants for expanding and renovating #ReligiousSchools. Most of the winning construction projects are associated with the #CenterForChristianVirtue, an Ohio-based advocacy group that’s seen its revenues balloon amid the state’s push to expand religious educational options. "
Read more:https://apnews.com/article/christian-private-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3
#ChristoFascism #ChristianCoalition
#ChristianNationalism
#Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism -
#Ohio offers a new way to use public money for #ChristianSchools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Updated 12:09 AM EST, November 17, 2024COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — "Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap #taxpayer money used more typically for #PublicSchools. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning #conservative political group and facing objections from defenders of the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.
"In President-elect Donald #Trump, backers of school choice have gained an ally in their efforts to share taxpayer money with families to pay for things like private school tuition. Trump has cast school choice as a way to counter what he calls leftist indoctrination in public classrooms and is expected to seek a boost for the movement at the federal level.
"The Ohio case shows how governments can push the envelope to funnel money to private schools.
"The state has put a small part of its budget surplus toward competitive grants for expanding and renovating #ReligiousSchools. Most of the winning construction projects are associated with the #CenterForChristianVirtue, an Ohio-based advocacy group that’s seen its revenues balloon amid the state’s push to expand religious educational options. "
Read more:https://apnews.com/article/christian-private-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3
#ChristoFascism #ChristianCoalition
#ChristianNationalism
#Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism -
#Ohio offers a new way to use public money for #ChristianSchools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Updated 12:09 AM EST, November 17, 2024COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — "Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap #taxpayer money used more typically for #PublicSchools. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning #conservative political group and facing objections from defenders of the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.
"In President-elect Donald #Trump, backers of school choice have gained an ally in their efforts to share taxpayer money with families to pay for things like private school tuition. Trump has cast school choice as a way to counter what he calls leftist indoctrination in public classrooms and is expected to seek a boost for the movement at the federal level.
"The Ohio case shows how governments can push the envelope to funnel money to private schools.
"The state has put a small part of its budget surplus toward competitive grants for expanding and renovating #ReligiousSchools. Most of the winning construction projects are associated with the #CenterForChristianVirtue, an Ohio-based advocacy group that’s seen its revenues balloon amid the state’s push to expand religious educational options. "
Read more:https://apnews.com/article/christian-private-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3
#ChristoFascism #ChristianCoalition
#ChristianNationalism
#Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism -
#RedStates #underfire for using #taxpayer #money pushing #religion in #PublicSchools
#Civilrights #groups #investigating #costs of placing #Trump #Bibles in #Oklahoma #schools, #Ohio's spending on #construction for #private #religiousschools
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://19thnews.org/2024/10/ohio-oklahoma-spending-church-state-religion-schools/#Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Florida #Doctors describe #Dystopic #Horrors as #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis tries to tank pro-#Abortion #Measure.
DeSantis #deploys #Taxpayer #funds to keep his six-week #abortionban, as #Florida #patients are #denied #cancer #treatments and #care to end #ectopic #pregnancies.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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#Florida #Doctors describe #Dystopic #Horrors as #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis tries to tank pro-#Abortion #Measure.
DeSantis #deploys #Taxpayer #funds to keep his six-week #abortionban, as #Florida #patients are #denied #cancer #treatments and #care to end #ectopic #pregnancies.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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#Florida #Doctors describe #Dystopic #Horrors as #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis tries to tank pro-#Abortion #Measure.
DeSantis #deploys #Taxpayer #funds to keep his six-week #abortionban, as #Florida #patients are #denied #cancer #treatments and #care to end #ectopic #pregnancies.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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#Florida #Doctors describe #Dystopic #Horrors as #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis tries to tank pro-#Abortion #Measure.
DeSantis #deploys #Taxpayer #funds to keep his six-week #abortionban, as #Florida #patients are #denied #cancer #treatments and #care to end #ectopic #pregnancies.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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#Florida #Doctors describe #Dystopic #Horrors as #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis tries to tank pro-#Abortion #Measure.
DeSantis #deploys #Taxpayer #funds to keep his six-week #abortionban, as #Florida #patients are #denied #cancer #treatments and #care to end #ectopic #pregnancies.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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The #Oklahoma SC blocked on Tues what would have been the nation’s first #religious charter #school, delivering a setback to a #conservative movement that has increasingly fought for #public dollars to go toward religious #education.
The case is likely to be appealed, potentially pushing it toward #SCOTUS, whose conservative majority has broadly embraced the role of #religion in public life & signaled an openness to directing #taxpayer money to #ReligiousSchools.
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#Oklahoma Supreme Court Says No to State #Funding for a #Religious Charter #School
In a closely watched case, Oklahoma’s highest court blocked what was set to become the nation’s first religious charter school. An #appeal is likely.
#law #ChurchAndState #ChristianEvangelism #NewApostolicReformation #RightWing #SCOTUS #religion #taxpayer #ReligiousSchools #conservative #PublicFunding #education
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/us/oklahoma-supreme-court-religious-charter-school.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
I wonder how much #taxpayer money #BillGates is getting for #TerraPower (even though he could fund it himself if he wanted to).
#Nuclear power: Why #MoltenSalt reactors are problematic and Canada investing in them is a waste
Published: September 14, 2021
"As a physicist who has analyzed different nuclear reactor designs, including small modular reactors, I believe that molten salt reactors are unlikely to be successfully deployed anytime soon. #MSRs face difficult technical problems, and cannot be counted on to produce electricity consistently.
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"Should an #MSR be built, it will also saddle society with the challenge of dealing with the radioactive waste it will produce. This is especially difficult for MSRs because the waste is in chemical forms that are 'not known to occur in nature' and it is unclear 'which, if any, disposal environment could accommodate this high-level waste.' The Union of Concerned Scientists has also detailed the safety and security risks associated with MSR designs."
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#Tax prep companies (#TaxSlayer, #HRBlock and #TaxAct) shared private #taxpayer data with #Google and #Meta for years, congressional probe finds | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta #Taxes #USTaxes #USPol #ElizabethWarren #SenWarren