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Fighting climate change with taxpayer dollars isn't a fight against freedom
2014-06-09 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Conservatives like to project themselves as lovers of the free market. They believe that everyone should go out and fend for themselves, that the government shouldn't be getting in the way of those with talent and ambition and that it shouldn't be wasting "their" tax dollars on people who are too lazy to get off their rears and earn their keep. That story has a certain simplistic appeal and apparent logical consistency. Unfortunately it also has almost nothing to do with the reality of where conservatives...
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Bridge Magazine: Stadium proves you don't need taxpayer money to build a winner
2014-04-02 04:16:08| Chemicals - Topix.net
With their home opener around the corner, the West Michigan Whitecaps are remarkable for a couple of reasons.
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Editorial: Missteps make Steelcase pyramid plans even more unworthy of taxpayer money
2014-03-19 18:18:40| Furniture - Topix.net
Plans to turn Steelcase's landmark pyramid into a science and technology education hub suffer misstep after misstep.
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Editorial: Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent on Steelcase pyramid plans until mystery clears
2014-03-12 17:04:45| Furniture - Topix.net
The science and technology education hub proposed for Steelcase's massive pyramid-shaped building is an attention-grabber as grand as the pyramid itself, but it deserves a full vetting.
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United Kingdom: Nuclear leaks bill will be paid by taxpayer
2014-02-23 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The private consortium that will manage the decommissioning of Britain's ageing Magnox nuclear reactors will not be held financially liable if they suffer a major radioactive incident even if it costs billions of pounds to clear up, it has emerged. The government will indemnify the private contractors, which means the taxpayer will be left to foot the bill for any leak, a similar arrangement to how things stand now. Critics complain that granting the multimillion-pound contract to a private...
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