"government subsidies" & who really gets the "cream" VS the public's choices.
As for "God", its all in the eye of the beholder, lord knows He doesn't need anymore PR.
Fire & brimstone abounds, if you want to talk about scare tactics ~;~ clo
Federal funding of public radio and television seems to be comparatively small potatoes in the larger budget picture.
This year, for example, congressional appropriations for CPB, the primary channel through which tax dollars are funneled to PBS television and NPR, amounted to $422 million.
http://www.mygovcost.org/2010/12/19/public-broadcasting-subsidy-unnecessary-and-irrational/
0: Number of Republicans Who Voted To Cut Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Karina
Democrats are committed to fiscal responsibility and to ensuring that government lives within its means. With Big Oil raking in record profits, House Democrats offered a Motion to Recommit to the House Republican short-term spending bill this afternoon making a responsible cut to the budget: putting an end to taxpayer-funded subsidies to large oil companies.
Repealing these subsidies would save taxpayers tens of billions over the next decade and even ex-Shell CEO John Hofmeister agrees saying “with high oil prices, such subsidies are not necessary.”
Rep. William Keating (D-MA) offered the motion on the House floor saying “let’s stop sending taxpayers’ money to the most profitable companies in the world”:
http://www.democraticleader.gov/blog/?p=3631
10 Jun 2011
Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll Finds Most Americans Support Government Insurance Subsidies for Birth Control Pills
The poll finds that 77 percent of respondents believe private insurance should cover most or all cost of oral contraceptives, and 74 percent believe government-subsidized insurance plans should cover birth control pills.
Additionally, 78 percent said they believe the federal government should subsidize birth control and other family planning services, excluding abortion, at government-funded clinics for low-income women. Complete survey results are available here: http://www.factsforhealthcare.com/pressroom/NPR_report_OralContraceptives.pdf
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/healthcare/thomson-reuters-NPR-poll-birth-control
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