-Caveat Lector- From http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/cw/index.html <<Note: At the site, each "vol X, no Y" is a hot linque>> > Total Federal Corporate Welfare for Exporters, > Importers, and International Investors: > $32,060.4 Million > > Foreign Policy In Focus Corporate Welfare Package $5.00 > > The Foreign Policy In Focus Program has combined a series of its briefs dealing > with corporate welfare and related subjects into a single package. This package > provides a superior overview of how the U.S. government is subsidizing wealthy > corporations at the expense of taxpayers and the social programs that will > benefit all citizens. The briefs in this package are: > > Overseas Private Investment Corporation > (vol. 4 no. 19) > Export-Import Bank > (vol. 4 no. 18) > World Bank's Private Sector Agenda > (vol. 3 no. 40) > Small Arms Trade > (vol. 3 no. 10) > Taxing Overseas Investments > (vol. 3 no. 1)Investment Funds > (vol. 2 no. 44) > Export Promotion Programs > (vol. 2 no. 34) > Warfare vs. Welfare: Subsidies to Weapons Exporters > (vol. 2 no. 30) > Controlling Transnational Corporations > (vol. 1 no. 6) > To get your Corporate Welfare Package, you may order it one of the > following ways: print and fill out the standard order form (include check, money > order, or credit card info) or for faster delivery, call (505) 842-8288 (credit > card orders only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Related linques http://www.feminist.org/other/budget/welfare/welfare.htm & http://www.progress.org/banneker/cw.html & http://www.taxpayer.net/ > This Common Sense Taxpayer Scorecard scores the voting records of all Members of > Congress in the Second Session of the 105th Congress (1998). > > Upon its release October 28, 1998, this 1998 Scorecard is the most current and > complete voting scorecard of any national organization promoting fiscal > responsibility. It was finished 24 hours after the House and Senate approved the > $500 billion spending bill. Its votes were selected from among all of those > taken in the House and Senate in 1998 through adjournment. > > National Results > > An overwhelming 389 of the 535 members of the House and Senate had a taxpayer > voting average of less than 50 percent. Simply put, more than two-thirds of > Congress voted more than half the time against the taxpayer and for wasteful > spending and fiscally irresponsibility. > > The national averages for the Senate and House were virtually the same -- 38 > percent for all Senators and 40 percent for all Representatives. In both > chambers, Democrats scored higher than Republicans -- by 49 percent to 31 > percent in the House and by 43 percent to 34 percent in the Senate. > > Once again this year, members from both parties and with widely varying > ideological philosophies scored well. This shows that the reforms scored by TCS > Action can happen with bipartisan cooperation and support. http://scorecard.taxpayer.net/docs/how.cfm > The Common Sense Taxpayer Scorecard offers you the ability to do much more than > look up scores. The following options are available to you: > > Find Your Reps > > Enter your zip code in the space provided to find out who represents you. Your > 9-digit zip code may be required to determine your exact Congressional District. > From the "Zip Lookup" page you can: > > •Email your Senators and Representative •View your Representative's and > Senators' Scores > > View Full House and View Full Senate > > Click on one of these buttons at the bottom of every page to view the full list > of Members of the House of Representatives or Senate. Options from these pages > include: > > •Re-sort list according to Name, Score, or District •View individual Members' > page •View by State > > Search by State > > Choose a state on the home page and click "Go" to view how all Senators and > Representatives from a State scored. Options from these pages include: > > •Re-sort list according to Name, Score, or District •View individual Members' > page > > Search by Member Name > > In the space provided on the home page, type in the last name of the Member > whose score you'd like to view and click the "Go" button. You will receive a > results page with a list of all Members' names who match your search. 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