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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46988)	11/8/2010 6:12:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: [They deliberately avoided mentioning some of the very BIGGEST.] "Probably because they mentioned most of them elsewhere." R-I-G-H-T..... Yes right. ----------- "Ban Corporate Welfare. Even before the financial bailouts, Washington spent more on corporate welfare ($90 billion) than on homeland security ($70 billion). There is no justification for taxing working Americans to subsidize profitable companies. Lawmakers could start by reforming America’s largest corporate welfare program—farm subsidies, which are overwhelmingly distributed to large, profitable agribusinesses rather than struggling family farmers. Other programs like the Technology Innovation Program (formerly known as the Advanced Technology Program) should be eliminated." heritage.org "Ban Corporate Welfare. Lawmakers should reform America’s largest corporate welfare program—farm subsidies, which are overwhelmingly distributed to large, profitable agribusinesses rather than struggling family farmers. Other corporate welfare programs like the Technology Innovation Program should be eliminated." heritage.org Federally subsidized electricity holds down the costs of running ski resorts in Aspen, Colorado, five-star hotels in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and gambling casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7] cato.org (a Cato link, but the footnoted source is Heritage) How Farm Subsidies Became America's Largest Corporate Welfare Program heritage.org Cap and Handout: How Corporate Welfare Cost Consumers More blog.heritage.org That's just from a minute or two with Google. There are many more. Attacking corporate welfare is a frequent theme from Heritage. Probably not their number one theme, maybe not one of the top few, but it is an important issue for them.