slcw, to random
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

The is a fatally dysfunctional party that's incapable of governing. At this point, push to remove the Speaker as soon as he does something, anything, that they don't like. They are unable to provide stable leadership, and the result is chaos, and -funded paychecks for Representatives who accomplish nothing for the American people. Voting to put them in control is an act of insanity.

https://www.alternet.org/johnson-done-2667821608

SubtleBlade, to uk
@SubtleBlade@mastodon.scot avatar

#Investors are making a fortune from #UK #healthcare. Why is nobody holding #PrivateEquity to account?

From #CareHomes to #Cancer treatment, millions in #taxpayer funds are being paid out of the system every year

Private equity groups collecting millions to run UK government-funded #SexualAssault referral centres
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/13/uk-healthcare-private-equity-cancer-treatment-services
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #ProfitBeforePeople

iuculano, to LA
@iuculano@masto.ai avatar

«The Kings will play '24 preseason game free of dollars in the bettors' favourite next city to get an expansion team... & it's not
...
Premier defended his gov's decision to pay upwards of $7M to subsidize the games saying, "it's important 2 invest in , whether it's sports or culture"

The pointed out after the announcement that they would have played the games for free»

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/la-kings-to-play-game-in-salt-lake-city-free-of-taxpayer-dollars-before-heading-to-quebec-1.6783914?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Atwitterpost&taid=65dd228327e4460001fdf233&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Delphi, to money
@Delphi@mastodon.scot avatar
slcw, to oklahoma
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

Some shit-town in #Oklahoma is trying to #criminalize #homelessness. They want to be able to lock up #homeless people for #sleeping outside, #lying down, or even #sitting in public. This is a plainly #unconstitutional effort that's as #cruel as it is #unenforceable. But this is what #hateful, #smallMinded #Republicans spend their time, and #taxpayer #money on. Enjoy the #lawsuits, #assholes!

https://themessenger.com/news/shawnee-oklahoma-city-plans-ticket-sit-lie-homeless

ProPublica, to news
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

How #Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

Hundreds of millions in #taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in #transparency and #accountability.

Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.

#Crime #CriminalJustice #Cops #NYPD #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-police-undermined-promise-body-cameras?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

taco, to Canada
@taco@nfld.me avatar

At a certain point the province is going to have to remove the mayor of Surrey, and that’s when shit is going to get real interesting over there.

The city is wrong. The province can direct it to do whatever it wants because cities are not constitutional entities, merely creatures of the provinces.

There is no right to local democracy in #Canada.

#cdnpoli

cazabon,

@taco

And meanwhile, the mayor will piss away a ton of #taxpayer #money on a doomed legal fight, with no #accountability.

#Politicians should have to post a bond to cover the full cost of a lawsuit they initiate "on the public's behalf", refundable on success of the suit, forfeit to the entity otherwise.

spaceflight, to space
@spaceflight@techhub.social avatar

📆 October 19, 2023 The 🇪🇺 Summit that will be held in , Spain 🇪🇸 , on 📆 November 6 and 7 is a crucial event for the continent's technological future. The delay ⏳ of the European and the technical problems are only the tip of the iceberg. For every euro 💶 invested, is ten times more efficient 📊 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/10/19/the-european-space-industry-needs-to-get-its-act-together-before-it-s-too-late_6187587_23.html

"Revolution Space" report 📄 https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/h-lag_brochure.pdf

spaceflight,
@spaceflight@techhub.social avatar
greenaspen, to random
@greenaspen@mastodon.scot avatar

46,562: the number of #taxpayer funded pints drunk in the #HousesofParliament. All because food and alcohol for #MPs and #Lords is subsidised. Last year, the alcohol bill cost us £500,000 including 2,800 bottles of bubbly.

Please sign the #petition now to stop taxpayers money propping up the bars in #Westminster

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-taxpayers-money-being-spent-on-booze?source=rawlink&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=rawlink&share=9378afb7-ff52-4f27-af55-4391c79584cd

anna_lillith, to Animal
@anna_lillith@mas.to avatar

DEADLY CONSEQUENCES OF ADOPTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Last year, the American Wild Horse Campaign () released an explosive investigative that detailed the devastating and deadly consequences of the Bureau of Land Management's ( ) cash incentive-based adoption program, known as the Adoption Incentive Program ( ). The AIP pays individuals $1,000 per to up to four wild, unhandled BLM and a year.

1/5

anna_lillith,
@anna_lillith@mas.to avatar

3/5

itnewsbot, to Cybersecurity
@itnewsbot@schleuss.online avatar

IRS vows to digitize all taxpayer documents by 2025 - Enlarge (credit: Bill Clark / Contributor | CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958294 #internalrevenueservice #treasurydepartment #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #janetyellen #taxpayer #policy #irs

mjgardner, to tesla
@mjgardner@social.sdf.org avatar

This is a surprisingly (for @pluralistic) astute observation that #ElonMusk and #Tesla are not paragons of #capitalism: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110791855391524106

Tesla’s business model is completely dependent on government #subsidies, kickbacks in the form of #TaxBreaks and the artificial “market” of #CarbonCredits, and a legal #monopoly in the form of #DMCA-protected #DigitalRightsManagement (#DRM).

The company not only defrauds its customers, they take advantage of every #US #taxpayer.

joaocosta, to uk

"King Charles III is to receive a huge pay rise from the UK , according to government plans to boost public funding of the by 45% from 2025.

Details of the increase, which comes against the backdrop of a , were contained in a review of royal published by the on Thursday. It revealed the ’s grant is due to increase from £86m to £125m"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/king-charles-to-receive-huge-pay-rise-from-uk-taxpayers

GrrlScientist, to privacy

how can we trust THEM when they BETRAY US ALL to huge corporations?

Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data

#tax #TaxPayer #privacy https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/07/12/congressional-report-finds-meta-and-tax-prep-companies-recklessly-shared-taxpayers-data

dismantl, to random

We're hiring at the National Network of Abortion Funds for an IT Coordinator! The role includes documenting, maintaining, and administering IT systems and accounts, and resolving helpdesk tickets, among other duties.

Four-day work week (32 hrs), 100% remote (with optional travel), no degrees or certifications required, salary is $65,396 - $68,666.

Benefits include paid health insurance, 5% retirement match, 3 weeks vacation, 12 weeks parental leave, and a 3-month paid sabbatical (!) for every 5 year of active employment.

Please share widely! Deadline to apply is June 11.

Apply here: https://abortionfunds.bamboohr.com/careers/79

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar
pbump, to random
@pbump@journa.host avatar
SusannaShakespeare,

@pbump well said…

“This, that #durham picks out isolated trees as suspicious in an effort to obscure the forest, is the central flaw of his investigation. It has always been the central flaw.”

He spent 3+ yrs. trying to get other to join him…“
Pathetic” & “waste” of #taxpayer 💰.

Here they’re trying to threaten Dems w/the #debtceiling

Because they went crazy spending creating too much Debt…
On behalf of their “buddies”…

How much did this hubris exercise cost the US taxpayers?

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