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Report | U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the National Taxpayers Union | Budget

Toward Common Ground

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) and National Taxpayers Union (NTU) have joined together to propose a list of 30 specific recommendations to reform our future spending commitments. If enacted in their entirety, these changes would save taxpayers over $600 billion in total by 2015, the target date for the Fiscal Commission to reduce our publicly-held debt-to- GDP ratio to a more sustainable level of 60 percent.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Democracy

Foreign Funds in American Elections

This week we learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce could be using money from foreign corporations to fund attack ads in our elections. According to reporting released by Think Progress, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce collects hundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign owned businesses, including companies owned by foreign governments.

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Result | Health Care

Young People Now Covered

This year, the federal health care reforms that Florida PIRG worked to win have started to pay off for young people. In the past, teens saw their premiums soar or were denied coverage when they turned 19, even if they’d been insured their whole lives. Now, they can remain on their parents’ plans until age 26. 

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Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Health Care

The Young Person's Guide to Health Insurance

Starting this year, under the new health care law, young people will gain access to new, previously unavailable health insurance options. To make the most of those new choices, you need to learn the facts. This guide is designed to help you do that.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Democracy

Statement in Response to Event For Opposition Campaign to Fair Districts Amendments 5 & 6

It is no surprise that politicians are leading the charge in the campaign to defeat Amendments 5 and 6. They are twisting the truth just so they can continue making political deals in order to hold on to their power.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

Bush Approves Landmark Passenger Rail Investment

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, which was supported by wide bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate,  authorizes close to $13 billion over five years to promote rail travel, relieve bottlenecks and begin investment in a new generation of high speed rail.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Financial Reform

AG Announces Initiative to Clean Up Florida's Debt Relief Industry

Attorney General Bill McCollum today unveiled his office’s latest consumer protection initiative in the form of a coordinated enforcement effort targeting potentially improper tactics in Florida’s debt relief industry.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Financial Reform

Statement of Florida PIRG's National Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski on Final Passage of Wall Street Bailout Legislation Today

Florida PIRG is deeply disappointed that Congress punted on enacting critical protections for taxpayers and homeowners in the Wall Street bailout legislation passed today.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Financial Reform

Statement: Defeat of Wall Street Bailout

Today the House of Representatives listened to concerned Main Street voters and taxpayers and defeated a defective Wall Street bailout.

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Media Hit | Democracy

Will aggressive registration bring young voters to polls?

Experts question whether voter registration efforts will translate into voters turning out at the polls. While turnout among voters ages 18 to 24 surged to the highest level in a decade in 2004, it still stayed below 50 percent.

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Tools & Resources

  • FIGHT HIGH Rx Costs
    Prescription drugs cost too much. Brand-name drug companies have been paying off generic drug makers to delay competition and keep prices high, and it's costing us billions. Together, we can stop them.
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  • STOP TAX DODGERS
    Corporate tax avoidance cost taxpayers $100 billion last year. We're working to close the loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying the taxes they owe.
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  • YOUR TAX DOLLARS BECOME CORN SYRUP
    At a time when one-in-three kids is overweight or obese, over a billion taxpayer dollars go to high-fructose corn syrup and junk food ingredients.
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  • Reclaim Democracy
    The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision ushered in an era of unprecedented spending by big money in our elections, but we're working to return our democracy back to the principle of "one person, one vote."
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Some of the nation’s best-known companies — including GE, Google and Goldman Sachs — have avoided paying the taxes they owe, costing us $100 billion last year.

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