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The plan’s private partnership model will pour public funds into corporate coffers.
President Trump’s new plan just orders everything on the menu, leaves after a few bites, and sticks taxpayers with the bill. Not only does his 50-page plan offer no ne ...[Read more]
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The woman was filmed by a local psychotherapist, who eventually got her help after coaxing her to sit down, and who said that she was clearly not capable of being discharged form the facility.
In the video, which he posted online, the woman is seen shu ...[Read more]
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It was the true story that moved a Tory to tears: Heidi Allen, Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, wept after Frank Field, the veteran Labour MP for Birkenhead in Wirral, told parliament of the hungry constituent who said he had had “a lucky week� ...[Read more]
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The body of a homeless man was found tragically 'frozen to death' in Birmingham's city centre on the coldest night of the year.
Police were called to a car park entrance in Station Road at 11.30pm Wednesday after a local drinking in the nearby boozer disc ...[Read more]
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In theory, the global financial system is supposed to help every country gain. Mainstream teaching of international finance, trade and foreign aid (defined simply as any government credit) depicts an almost utopian system uplifting all countries, ...[Read more]
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Lawmakers who sped a bill through the U.S. House last week may have handed a few more goodies to Wall Street’s wealthiest than they realize.
Investors in billion-dollar hedge funds might be able to take advantage of a new, lower tax rate touted as a bre ...[Read more]
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Nearly 4.2 million kids and young adults without a parent or guardian are homeless across the United States over the course of a year. A new study from the University of Chicago revealed the startling statistic this week, focused specifically on homeless ...[Read more]
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Middle-class voters are in agreement with a surprising group of people: millionaires. Since 2010, a group called Patriotic Millionaires has fought for the closure of a number of tax loopholes and workarounds that allow people like them to pay less while t ...[Read more]
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In a bipartisan show of support for endless war and out-of-control military spending, the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the nearly $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 that aims to boost war outlays by $80 ...[Read more]
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - In the same affluent, suburban city where Google built its headquarters, Tes Saldana lives in a crowded but tidy camper she parks on the street.
She concedes it's "not a very nice living situation," but it also is not unusual. ...[Read more]
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Theresa May has unexpectedly U-turned on a major government housing policy, in a significant victory for Labour.
The prime minister announced that ministers would scrap a proposed cap on the amount of money the government is willing to pay towards the cos ...[Read more]
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