Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment

"A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it, and then they'll get reimbursed by us or through revenue," the president said...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/trump-us-taxpayers-oil-firms-venezuela-investment

 

The staggering cost of #Republican #cruelty forced on #taxpayers #homelessness

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qKUc2IUjU-c

 

Trump’s free plane is not so free - POLITICO

"This isn't really a gift," said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, which oversees executive airlift. "You'd basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One. It's a massive undertaking — and an unfunded one at that."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299

 

US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for Trump’s golf trips | Donald Trump | The Guardian

"We start with the clear principle that presidents are entitled to Secret Service protection wherever they go, and have their transportation covered. There's nothing inherently wrong with that when he does any of the things he does," he said. 

"However, there are serious issues. One is that he maintained ownership of his businesses, so this is not a question of going to the president's house; it's going to the president's business where payment is made directly to a business that benefits the president." 

"We want the presidency to be the main focus of the president. That's not to say presidents don't have time to recharge and take a break like everybody else, but when you go to your own business property it moves the focus, at least potentially, from your official duties to promoting and attending to your business."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/trump-golf-trips

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS - The Washington Post

The unusual request could put sensitive data about millions of American taxpayers in the hands of Trump political appointees...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/

Christian pastors were told to open private schools since taxpayers would foot the bill

At a training session for future pastors, one Christian speaker urged the audience to have their churches launch their own private schools. 

It was easy, he said, because taxpayers were subsidizing his church's school in Florida to the tune of millions of dollars. More importantly, it gave them the chance to win new child converts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8TRrrLuo4

Private Equity-Backed Oil and Gas Drillers Saddle Taxpayers With Costly Cleanup Risk

Further legislation is needed to ensure that fossil fuel companies cannot use bankruptcy to ditch their responsibility to clean up oil and gas wells. 

"If these companies declare bankruptcy and abandon these oil and gas wells, the public faces major costs, and buyout firms escape with their profit and zero consequences," said Alan Zibel, an oil and gas researcher with Public Citizen who co-authored the report. "Private equity buyout firms have a history of buying up businesses in declining industries, extracting profits and then filing for bankruptcy once the assets the company owns become worthless. That means federal and state officials must be on high alert as these firms pick up and consolidate oil and gas assets discarded by oil and gas giants."…https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/private-equity-backed-oil-and-gas-drillers-saddle-taxpayers-with-costly-cleanup-risk

The GOP is literally making Americans pay for their cruel political stunts

… These kinds of taxpayer-subsidized stunts have become routine among Republicans. Ironic, isn't it? The self-proclaimed pro-business, pro-capitalist party sure is finding a lot of ways to harm individuals and industries with its policies…

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/desantis-taxpayers-republicans-abbott-rcna26897

Trump’s company billed the government at least $2.5 million. Here are the key charges. - The Washington Post

The Washington Post has obtained federal spending records showing that — while Trump was visiting his properties — his company was benefiting from payments from the U.S. government. The total: at least $2.5 million in taxpayer funds. Much of that spending was triggered by Trump’s travel, or the travel of his family and aides. These were some of the notable charges:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/key-charges-trump-properties/2020/10/27/bfa39b08-16cd-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html

Taxpayers Paid Millions to Design a Low-Cost Ventilator for a Pandemic. Instead, the Company Is Selling Versions of It Overseas. — ProPublica

As coronavirus sweeps the globe, there is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator — developed with government funds — in the U.S. stockpile. Meanwhile, Royal Philips N.V. has sold higher-priced versions to clients around the world.
https://www.propublica.org/article/taxpayers-paid-millions-to-design-a-low-cost-ventilator-for-a-pandemic-instead-the-company-is-selling-versions-of-it-overseas-

Trump tax cuts won't spare Americans higher taxes over time: Report | Fox Business

Despite changes to U.S. tax laws intended to lower rates for most Americans, taxpayers may end up owing the IRS more over the coming years....
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/trump-tax-cuts-wont-spare-americans-higher-taxes-over-time-report

Taxpayers Fund Creationist Textbooks for Religious Schools in New Jersey | David G. McAfee | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

As public schools in New Jersey are struggling for funding, the state’s citizens are footing the bill for Creationist “textbooks” used in private religious institutions.

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/21/taxpayers-fund-creationist-textbooks-for-religious-schools-in-new-jersey/

Secular Groups Unite to Condemn Oklahoma’s License to Discriminate in Adoption | Center for Inquiry

Five national organizations representing atheists, agnostics, and the religiously unaffiliated—a rapidly growing group comprising of one quarter of Americans—today issued a statement condemning the recently passed Oklahoma law which permits religiously run adoption agencies to discriminate based on their faith while still receiving taxpayer funding.....

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/secular_groups_unite_adoption/

NJ Supreme Court Says Taxpayer Money Cannot Be Used to Fund Church Renovations – Friendly Atheist

In a unanimous decision just announced by the New Jersey Supreme Court, taxpayer dollars cannot be used to help repair or maintain churches. It’s a major victory for church/state separation advocates and one that will save taxpayers in the state millions of dollars that would otherwise have gone to promoting religious dogma.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/18/nj-supreme-court-says-taxpayer-money-cannot-be-used-to-fund-church-renovations/

Sorry Dick and Jane, corporations get to keep deductions you're losing under the GOP tax heist

When Mitt Romney famously declared in 2011 that "corporations are people," everyone laughed—except for Paul Ryan and his tax henchmen. They took it to heart. But as the Washington Post's Dana Milbank points out, corporations aren’t just any people in the GOP's eyes, they're "Very Important Persons with superhuman privileges" who retain the very right to deductions that many taxpayers are being stripped of in the Republican tax heist....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/7/1713564/-Sorry-Dick-and-Jane-corporations-get-more-deductions-than-you-do-under-the-GOP-tax-heist

7 disappearing deductions: Here’s how many taxpayers could lose out -- CNBC

The GOP tax overhaul puts several "special interest" breaks up for elimination. Here's who benefits from claiming those deductions. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/03/how-many-taxpayers-could-lose-out-if-popular-tax-breaks-disappear.html

Trump Flies to Texas For His Re-election Fundraiser And Writes It Off As Taxpayer Expense -- Newsweek

The president continues mixing White House business with his own re-election efforts during his latest trip outside of Washington. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-flies-texas-taxpayer-expense-campaign-2020-reelection-692656

Embattled GOP Senator Misleads Public on Planned Parenthood - Rewire

In addition to other favorite, and false, Republican talking points on the health-care provider, Nevada Sen. Dean Heller now also falsely claims that the organization is funneling taxpayer dollars to campaign ads against “political enemies”—presumably including himself.....
https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/17/embattled-gop-senator-misleads-public-planned-parenthood/

Congress is procrastinating on the debt limit, and it's costing taxpayers billions -- USA TODAY

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has had to take short-term measures to pay the country's debts at an extra cost to taxpayers of about $2.5 billion. ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/15/congress-inaction-debt-limit-costs-taxpayers-billions/568146001/

Kim Davis’ Lawyer: It’s Not Her Fault Taxpayers Owe $224,703 in Legal Fees

We learned last week that Kentucky taxpayers would be on the hook for $224,703 in legal fees because Rowan County clerk Kim Davis wouldn’t do her job in 2015 and give (legal) marriages licenses to gay couples.....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/03/kim-davis-lawyer-its-not-her-fault-taxpayers-owe-224703-in-legal-fees/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter