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| − | '''Federal funding''' is [[funding]] provided to an [[entity]] by the Federal Government. Entities which accept federal funding often have a [[conflict of interest]] when it comes to issues dealing with the government, because they don't want to lose their funding. Insidious forms of federal funding include: | + | '''Federal funding''' is [[funding]] provided to an [[entity]] by the [[Big government|Federal Government]]. Entities which accept federal funding often have a [[conflict of interest]] when it comes to issues dealing with the government, because they don't want to lose their funding. Of course all federal funding comes originally from [[taxation]]. (See [[Essay:Tax is theft]]). Insidious forms of federal funding include: |
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| − | *[[Public schools]] | + | * [[ObamaCare]] and [[Social Security]] |
| − | *[[State government]]s | + | |
| − | *The [[National Endowment for the Arts]] | + | * [[National Public Radio]] [[propaganda]] |
| − | *[[Tax-exempt]] religious institutions — since that is equivalent to receiving the same amount in federal funding | + | |
| − | *[[Tax credit]]s to private citizens | + | * [[Corporate cronyism]], e.g. [[Solyndra]]. A type of [[socialist]] [[fascism]] |
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| | + | * [[Public schools]] - see propaganda of [[Public school culture]] and [[Professor values]] |
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| | + | * [[State government]]s - see [[Tenth Amendment]] and [[Commerce Clause]] |
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| | + | * The [[National Endowment for the Arts]] |
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| | + | * [[Tax-exempt]] religious institutions. Hypocritical "tax and spend" [[liberal]]s would argue that allowing tax exempt status for [[church]]es "is equivalent to receiving the same amount in federal funding". However, many [[conservative]]s and [[libertarian]]s would see it as the Feds "not yet stealing money from churches." |
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| | + | * [[Tax credit]]s to private citizens. Hypocritical "tax and spend" [[liberal]]s would argue that allowing tax credits to private citizens "is equivalent to receiving the same amount in federal funding". However, many [[conservative]]s and [[libertarian]]s would see it as the Feds "returning a small portion of the 28% plus of income money they steal from citizens since the 1913 creation of the income tax. |
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| − | [[Category:Economics]] | + | [[Category : Threats]] |
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