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It's Time to Stop the Nuclear Energy Welfare Program

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ryan Alexander, Comment Is Free. April 15, 2012.

After 60 years, the taxpayer should not continue to subsidize multibillion-dollar corporations in the nuclear energy sector.

Mortgage Company Bailed Out By Taxpayers Is Caught Forging Documents to Foreclose on Them

Paul Kiel, ProPublica. August 1, 2011.

GMAC, one of the nation's largest mortgage servicers, faced a quandary last summer. It wanted to foreclose on a NYC homeowner but lacked the crucial paperwork.

How Citigroup's Payback Plan Will Ultimately Screw Taxpayers

Zach Carter, TheNation.com. December 22, 2009.

We've reached the epitome of crony capitalism, yet the government has given no indication that any action will be taken.

6 Ways the Financial Bailout Scams Taxpayers, Subsidizes Wall Street, and Props Up Our Broken Financial System

Andy Kroll, TomDispatch.com. May 27, 2009.

Six ways the financial bailout is completely scamming the taxpayers.

Why You Should Work for a Hedge Fund

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. April 8, 2009.

The hedge-fund honchos will come out ahead no matter what. The same thing can't be said for taxpayers.

Obama Financial Team to Taxpayers: You’ll Get Nothing, and Like It

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 2, 2009.

We're paying to nationalize the banks all right, we just can't talk about it -- nor can we profit from it.

What Obama Left out of His Economic Recovery Plan: Higher Wages and Debt Relief

Mike Whitney, Dissident Voice. January 28, 2009.

This is not a normal recession where the mismatch between supply and demand will work itself out over time.

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

Paul Kiel, ProPublica. January 22, 2009.

The TARP hasn't saved the nation's major banks. So what's next?

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

Paul Kiel, ProPublica. January 21, 2009.

The TARP hasn't saved the nation's major banks. So what's next?

Wall Street Exec's Exorbitant Pay in 2007 Could Have Covered Bailout Costs?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 22, 2008.

Report: $1.6 billion went to executives at bailed out Wall Street banks last year.

Busted: AIG Caught Living High on the Hog with Taxpayers' Money (Again)

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. November 12, 2008.

AIG CEO Edward Liddy should be in jail.

Obama Needs to Bring Change to Our Fatally Flawed Immigration System

Staff, National Immigration Forum. November 11, 2008.

The promise from Obama's transition team to strip away agency practices inconsistent with his vision of change comes not a moment too soon.

The U.S.'s Inhospitable Immigration Policies May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions

Frank Sharry, AmericasVoiceOnline. October 15, 2008.

What's another $154 billion of taxpayers' money?

Tax the Speculators: A Fair Plan for Economic Recovery

Chuck Collins, The Nation. September 22, 2008.

Government action should protect ordinary people, not reward the super-rich and the speculative sectors of the economy.

Bush Administration Wastes Trillions in Worthless Weapons

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 3, 2008.

The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists.

US Lawmakers Get Richer as Voters Struggle

December 31, 1969.