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Becky Sweger
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Transparency & Data
WIC participation and benefits are now current through 2011.
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
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Mattea Kramer
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Military & Security
Kris from Concord, California, wrote in to ask how much aid the United States gives to foreign countries. Foreign aid and diplomacy together comprise around 1 percent of the federal budget, or $56 billion in President Obama’s 2013 budget request. That money goes toward global poverty alleviation, including a contribution ...
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Jo Comerford
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On Saturday, March 3, 2012, 350 people packed the Haydenville Congregational Church to celebrate the life and work of National Priorities Project founder Greg Speeter. As a husband, father, brother, mentor, friend, and force-of-nature-community-organizer, Greg touched the lives of people in every corner of our nation. During the service, led ...
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Chris Hellman
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Budget Process
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
The latest Data Wednesday explains what per capita data is, how it's calculated, and why you'd want to use it. Using food stamp spending as an example, we see how per capita spending figures are useful when comparing numbers between states.
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process
Many of our Facebook fans have been asking why National Priorities Project includes Social Security in charts about federal spending. If Social Security is funded by a dedicated source—your payroll taxes, also called FICA—then shouldn’t Social Security be shown separately from other kinds of federal spending? Most of the cost ...
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Sheila Heady
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Budget Process
Senior research analyst Mattea Kramer looks through the President's budget proposal to find out what is designated for job creation. Want to make sure you don't miss any of our videos? Subscribe to NPP's YouTube Channel!
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Likely voters said their top priority for President Obama’s 2013 budget was job creation, according to a poll conducted last month by The Hill. The president released his fiscal 2013 budget on Feb. 13, and it includes around $350 billion for job creation, including money for jobs in the short-term, ...