Tag: money in politics
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When they yell about “Medicare fraud,” count the money
Republicans rant about Medicare fraud. But the real money isn’t street-level crooks – it’s private Medicare Advantage plans overbilling taxpayers by more than a trillion over a decade. Here’s the trick, and who’s cashing in.
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Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. You helped pay for it.
I thought everyone knew this – but I guess it bears repeating since I’ve seen so many posts defending Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire. CNN looked at how Musk got there, and the truth is Tesla and SpaceX don’t exist in the form they do today without government help. Our tax dollars ended up saving…
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You pay double for sugar – and Tennessee doesn’t even grow it.
I’ve been looking for more solutions that address affordability – you know, that word Trump said Democrats made up? Last week, I wrote about ethanol – how a 1970s rule still forces corn into your gas tank and quietly raises what you pay. Well, sugar works the same way. The federal government caps how much…
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The rent on the sign isn’t the rent you pay
The listing says $1,095. By the time you sign, it’s $1,250 – and you paid $50 just to apply. Here’s the fee racket renters face, and the bill that fixes it.
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Trump is using a 1935 wartime law to keep the most expensive power in America on your bill
This is gonna piss you off, but we gotta talk about coal. There’s a sentence written in 1935 that’s about to show up on your power bill. Trump put out a poster this week – a coal miner with a pickaxe, smokestacks behind him, the words “President Trump’s Coal Actions Create 14,000 Jobs.” Very Depression-era.…