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Glenn Beck Blasts 99er Movement

(Aug. 19) -- Glenn Beck probably won't be joining a 99er protest anytime soon. On Monday, the Fox News television commentator lambasted the 99er movement -- composed of the 1.4 million long-term unemployed Americans who have exhausted the full 99 weeks of emergency federal unemployment aid -- for not seeking out work and...

Who's Affected by Senate Squabbling? A Long List

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- Washington's political squabbles hit home this week for unemployed workers, some construction workers, doctors who treat senior citizens and Department of Transportation employees. Federal aid that affects them was held up starting Monday when Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., single-handedly held up...

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The Government Must Make a Serious Investment in Higher Education

But my husband and I have gone through all of our non-retirement savings in this past year.

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David_Halperin: For-Profit Colleges Attack New Effort to Prevent Fraud With $32 Billion of Your Tax Dollars

The for-profit college industry gets about $32 billion of its approximately $35 billion annual revenue from federal financial aid.

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David_Halperin: For-Profit Colleges Attack New Effort to Prevent Fraud With $32 Billion of Your Tax Dollars

The for-profit college industry gets about $32 billion of its approximately $35 billion annual revenue from federal financial aid.

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Michigan College Students To Lose Federal Aid

State university leaders are upset their federal assistance is being cut by $4.2 million, placing blame on a Legislature responsible for a Ã¢dark decade of disinvestmentÃ¢ in the 15 public universities.

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Jack Jennings: Federal Aid to the Schools -- Wasteful or Helpful?

Federal funding for schools has not been effective, asserted some conservative members of Congress at a recent hearing on extending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the main national law aiding public education.

Background on federal aid

A subsidy is an assistance paid to a business or economic sector. Most subsidies are made by the government to producers or distributed as subventions in an industry to prevent the decline of that industry (e.g., as a result of continuous unprofitable operations) or an increase in the prices of its products or simply to encourage it to hire more labor (as in the case of a wage subsidy).

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