“We write with grave concerns about reports of costly, cruel and unnecessary taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs commissioned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),” 24 Republican and Democrat lawmakers said on Thursday in a letter to Fauci. The letter noted that as director of NIAID, Fauci had …
Read More »‘Waste of taxpayer money:’ UK police mocked online for using 7.5-tonne truck to tow away an e-scooter
The two-wheeler was confiscated in Hereford on Friday over an unspecified road traffic law violation. The police clarified that electric scooters aren’t allowed “on roads, pavements, or other public places” because they don’t meet safety regulations and therefore can’t be properly registered or taxed. The photo of the seizure posted …
Read More »50 UK aristocrats, some owning castles, applied for taxpayer-funded scheme aimed at saving businesses amid lockdown – media
The government’s popular job retention programme allows businesses to apply for grants that cover the majority of wages for workers they were forced to furlough during the lockdown. A least 50 nobles, including dukes, earls, viscounts, and marquesses, have asked for financial aid under the scheme, the Guardian reported on …
Read More »Congress holds taxpayer-funded group therapy session for AOC and pals, who were totally traumatized by Capitol raid
Ocasio-Cortez and a number of prominent Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), will speak in the House of Representatives on Thursday evening in a session “with the goal of creating space for members to talk about their lived experience” of the Capitol Hill riot last …
Read More »Locked-down Londoners seethe after Mayor Khan politicises taxpayer-funded New Year’s fireworks with BLM & pro-EU agenda
“Our New Year’s Eve show just sent a loud, proud message to the world: London stands together against racism – tonight and always,” Khan said in a Twitter message with a video clip showing an image of a raised fist above the Millennium Dome. The symbol has historically been a …
Read More »Pfizer seen as ‘putting profits ahead of dead Mexicans’ – but taxpayer-funded Covid jabs should belong to everyone, Oxfam tells RT
An alarming report authored by Oxfam International in collaboration with a group of other human rights organizations warned that only one in 10 people in poor countries are set to receive coronavirus vaccines in 2021, while rich nations have “hoarded” three times the amount of doses that they actually need. …
Read More »Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins close to $1bn in preliminary taxpayer funding to unleash broadband across rural US
Tesla tycoon Elon Musk’s space exploration company has netted $885,509,638 in government funding to be doled out over the next 10 years to beam high-speed internet access to hundreds of thousands of American homes, the Federal Communications Commission revealed on Monday. The agency published the results of phase I of …
Read More »Naftogaz became the largest taxpayer in Ukraine
The company achieved a net profit of 22.5 billion and paid taxes on 74 billion. Naftogaz by the end of 2016 received a net profit of 22.53 billion hryvnia against of 35.06 billion net loss in 2015. This is stated in the published consolidated report of the company. According to …
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