according to a recent gao report from 20032006 the usda paid out over 49 million to farmers with an average gross income of more than 2.5 million each year. these farmers made less than 75 percent of their income from farming ranching or forestry activities. theoretically this would make them ineligible for any kind of farm payments but an apparent lack of resources needed to ...... [Show More]
yes Post Source: obamaelection.org Posted: Nov 28 2008 18:53:32
obama pledges to bust the people who have long taken advantage of the usdas idiotic subsidy system following a report by the gao.
hattip to ethicurean ...... [Show More]
as rising unemployment swells medicaid rolls the bush administration issues a new federal rule that would allow states to deny care or coverage to medicaid beneficiaries who do not pay their premiums or their share of the cost for a particular item or service.
in what the new york times describes as a sea change in medicaid states will now charge premiums...... [Show More]
want some formica in your formula we thought wed seen the worst of the fdas screwups with this chinese melamine debacle but the agency still has surprises up its sleeve. it held back test results that reveal low levels of melamine in infant formula produced by u.s. companies mead johnson nestle and abbott laboratories. never fear the traces are so low that it does not pose a...... [Show More]
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with thanksgiving just around the corner the health blog wants to know who will be making sure our holiday birds remain safely delectable
the hunt for a new secretary of agriculture hasnt received as much attention as the filling of other cabinet positions in the obama administration. but that doesnt mean there hasnt been some speculation. the choic...... [Show More]
apparently they havent heard of the 1100 rights that only people who are married get. or maybe they have and thats why they want to move the dividing line of marital status a bit by including that part of the lgbt community that wants to get married.
i received an email from the aclus executive director anthony romero . well it wasnt a personal email. it was a...... [Show More]
7.7 trillion Post Source: www.thepartisanpatriot.com Posted: Nov 27 2008 04:20:37
u.s. pledges top 7.7 trillion to ease frozen credit
by mark pittman and bob ivry
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new from the gao Post Source: www.docuticker.com Posted: Nov 26 2008 19:51:35
new gao report pdfs
source government accountability office
1. human capital diversity in the federal ses and processes for selecting new executives
highlights full report...... [Show More]
senate president therese murray and senator steven baddour chairman of the joint committee on transportation suggested last week that we consider privatization of some of our roads. engaging the private sector in the task of operating and maintaining the former assets of the turnpike authority may be the best way to ensure the continued growth of our states transportation capacityq...... [Show More]
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president george w. bushs labor department misled congress in an effort to prove outsourcing jobs to private companies was more efficient than assigning the jobs to government employees according to a government accountability office report released monday.
the report pdf here found that the department used fictional projected numbers to improve savings ...... [Show More]
chris messinas got a fantastic post about youtube and creative commons. as it is cc licensed ive reproduced it here why youtube should support creative commons now
i was in miami last week to meet with my fellow screeners from the knight news challenge and jay dedman and ryanne hodson two vlogger friends whom i met through coworking started talking about...... [Show More]
just months after a new multibillion dollar five year farm bill was passed into law a federal watchdog reports that individuals who are actually ineligible for farm subsidy payments have been receiving them.athe report by the u.s. government accountability office gao notes that usda does not routinely sample individuals receiving farm payments to test for income eligibility...... [Show More]
image adavid rockefeller sr edgar bronfman microsofts paul allen a aever wonder how the rich just keep getting richer aapparently ouragover nmentahel psain this endeavor by subsidizin gamillion aireafarm ers uh huh who knew. aoh the ag offices excuse.. we dont have access to their tax returns. meaning the various governmental offices rarely talk or shar...... [Show More]
bush labor department misled congress in effort to privatize jobs
source by john byrneaa raw story
president george w. bushs labor department misled congress in an effort to prove outsourcing jobs to private companies was more efficient than assigning the jobs to government employees according to a government accountability office report released monday.
the report pdf here...... [Show More]
the gao released a report monday on eliciting nominees views on various management challenges facing government agencies including nasa. the nasa section which starts on page 96 p. 101 of the pdf document features 13 questions divided into five themes the gao had previously identified facing the agency in the transition retirement of the shuttle balancing i...... [Show More]
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the report confirmation of political appointees eliciting nominees views on management challenges within agencies and across government is thorough its mostly right on and it acknowledges problems without the usual but we hear that theyre working on it business.a instead they say weve been told that theyre working on it but nothi...... [Show More]
this summer republicans argued that curbing the excessive federal reimbursements to medicare advantage plans would undermine choice and strip millions of enrolless of insurance . conservatives also claimed that the private insurance plans that participate in medicare advantage provide better care than traditional medicare and should not be cut.
responding to these arguments the wonk room po..... [Show More]
fed pledges top 7.4 trillion to ease frozen credit update1
by mark pittman and bob ivry
nov. 24 bloomberg the u.s. government is prepared to lend more than 7.4 trillion on behalf of american taxpayers or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago.
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an overlooked detail finite resources explain the financial crisis
posted by gail the actuary on november 21 2008 843am
topic economicsfinance
tags benjamin warr financial crisis monetary system original peak oil robert ayres list all tags
recently two major actuarial organizations asked members to submit essays on the financial crisis. the only limitation...... [Show More]
anybody remember the reports that in the waning days of the clinton white house the staff indulged in petty acts of vandalism including the destruction of computer keyboards w keys for those who think thats just an urban legend designed by the vast right wing conspiracy to smear the democrats in general and the clinton administration in particular apparently...... [Show More]
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