He pledged to fight against Small Business Administration (SBA) budget cuts and other cuts to loan subsidies.
One big job for Congress this year is an update of federal farm programs, including crop subsidies.
They say the law only authorizes subsidies for those living in the 16 states with state-run exchanges.
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Congress sometimes distributes these subsidies through the tax code because it is administratively more convenient.
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When the government eliminated subsidies for renewables in 1991, Luz ended up in bankruptcy.
One traditional fix is tariffs and subsidies, which can offset an uncompetitive exchange rate.
Because those costs are not priced in, they amount to hidden subsidies, Krugman says.
Then when other subsidies are added, as much as 75% of the cost can be covered.
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IMF's guidance, means cutting fuel and other subsidies that swallow nearly half the budget.
Eliminate all subsidies for all fuels, thereby correcting yet another market distortion called government failure.
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Subsidies for staples depend on governments having enough money in reserve to cover the costs.
Cuts in subsidies have also often been justified by a need to obey European competition laws.
The IRS needs to verify consumer income information to see who qualifies for insurance subsidies.
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Yet as suburban construction ended, cities continued building high-density urban housing--sometimes encouraged by city subsidies.
This is not a discussion of who receives subsidies or whether they are warranted.
Ultimately the industry's driver can't be government subsidies, but companies getting their costs down.
In November officials announced timid steps to cut subsidies that now amount to 4.2% of GDP.
Britain also suffers less than others from competition for regional subsidies, as it gets so few.
It does not justify funding subsidies by confiscating some of the wealth of the super-successful.
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The key challenge going forward is: when things grow fast, subsidies get expensive fast.
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Many governments have boxed themselves in by rewarding their own supporters with jobs or subsidies.
Imposed rent controls usually lessen apartment availability while housing subsidies make homes more expensive.
Illegal immigrants would not be eligible for the expanded Medicaid programs and would not receive subsidies.
The second is that tax breaks can be a very inefficient way to deliver government subsidies.
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One set of subsidies is triggered by prices that Congress sets in farm bills.
The politician's answer is to give a boost to alternative fuels, via mandates and subsidies.
But these new subsidies pale in comparison to those Big Oil has been getting for years.
Younger, wealthier seniors could receive smaller vouchers, while older, poorer seniors could receive more generous subsidies.
But maybe it's not unreasonable to cut the huge subsidies going to liberal arts degrees.
These subsidies are the major reason many low-income working families avoid the income tax.
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