Loading...(2011/04/19) Big oil gets $96 billion in taxpayer subsidies, homeless people sent into the woods to live
Episode #272 Tax Day is officially over, but the ramifications of revenue will stay with us the rest of the year. For example, while communities across the country suffer under budget cuts, huge corporations like Exxon and Bank of America don’t pay a cent in federal income taxes. Meanwhile, the Salvation Army is so strapped for resources in a poor Kentucky community that they’ve resorted to sending poor families into the woods, armed only with tents.
Also, a brief recap about D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s badass act of civil disobedience and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s insane authoritarian behavior. Finally, some cash strapped communities are considering placing adverts on the side of school buses. Allison asks: why stop there? Why not put the ads on the children? Finally, some Listener Mail. Your questions/comments this week include staying fit for the apocalypse.
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