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Author: Pat Garofalo

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Pat Garofalo

Pat Garofalo is the director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project, the author of “The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs,” and writes the Boondoggle newsletter on Substack (click on the link below).

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Budget, Featured Story

The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

by Pat Garofalo February 3, 2022

States Throw Money at Tech Firms; Intel Nets a $2 Billion as Other Semiconductor Companies Belly Up to the Trough... Read more.

Featured Story, Opinion

The Rural Tax Credit Hustle

by Pat Garofalo January 28, 2022

Beware of Investment Firms Pitching Themselves as the Saviors of Rural America A Kentucky House committee last week approved the Rural Kentucky Jobs Act of 202... Read more.

American Economy Continues Growing

The Avoidable Debt Ceiling Debate

Federal Land Giveaways Again OK’d by House GOP

The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

EPA Announces First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard for PFAS Pollution

What Causes Earthquakes in the Northeast, Like the Magnitude 4.8 That Shook New Jersey? A Geoscientist Explains

What Would a Second Trump Term in the White House Mean for Efforts To Stave off Cataclysmic Climate Change?

Controversy Grows Over PVA Detergent Pods

The Navy’s First 4-Star Woman Admiral Reflects on Military Integration and the Time It Took To Become a Reality

Cluster Bombs: Here’s the Core Basics On the Issue

GOP Obsession: War on Mexico

Debating the Best Ways to Kill

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

3 Smart Ways to Lower Gasoline Prices And Still Punish Putin

Increasing U.S. Oil Production During Ukraine Invasion

Preventing Power Failures That Kill Hundreds of Americans

Israel-Hamas War Puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East At Risk

Cycle of Disgust

Resetting the Ukraine Debate

Putin’s Regime ‘Is Over,’ Says Analyst, And ‘Something New Is Starting In Russia’

EPA Announces First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard for PFAS Pollution

Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. Could It Get Worse?

Great News on Healthcare Costs

The Quick-Fix Diet Drugs Are Here, but Are They Too Much for Adolescents?

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion: Integrating Inclusive Practices into Training

Labor, Unions and Politics

Noncompete Clauses Cost Workers $300 Billion a Year

Seeing Policy as Control

Author: Pat Garofalo

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The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

The Rural Tax Credit Hustle