#RFKJr's agenda now echoes some of #FGA's key messages, & he has said states can expect approval of their waivers. Meanwhile, congressional leaders are eyeing nationwide #Medicaid cuts & #work requirements, which FGA considers among its major issues. The foundation also has a connection working inside the administration: Its former #policy director, Sam Adolphsen, was tapped to advise #Trump on #domestic matters.
#law #plutocracy #PublicAssistance #SNAP #healthcare #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #USpol
Part of #FGA's strategy is to pass #legislation #state by state, with the idea that the crush of new #laws will increase pressure on the #FederalGovernment. For example, states can't limit what #food is purchased through #SNAP without federal approval through a waiver process. And in the past, some of FGA's efforts have stalled because states never got that approval.
#law #plutocracy #PublicAssistance #Medicaid #healthcare #health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Trump #RFKJr #USpol
The same year, the #FGA helped pass #SNAP restrictions affecting eligibility in #Iowa. Since those restrictions have taken effect, the #FoodBank of Iowa has seen a record number of people show up at its pantries amid rising #grocery #prices & a scaling back of #COVID pandemic-era federal #support, said Annette Hacker, a VP at the nonprofit.
#law #plutocracy #PublicAssistance #Medicaid #healthcare #health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Trump #RFKJr #USpol
In recent years, the nonprofit #FGA helped draft a 2017 #Mississippi #law, the Jackson Free Press found, which intensified eligibility checks for #public #aid that made it more difficult for some applicants to qualify. It successfully pushed a 2023 effort in #Idaho to impose #work requirements for #food #benefits that #healthcare advocates said led some recipients to lose access.
#plutocracy #Trump #RFKJr #health #PublicAssistance #SNAP #Medicaid #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #USpol
The main foundation started out as a staff of 3 w/about $60k in the bank. As of 2023, it had a budget of >$15M & a team of roughly 64, acc/to the latest available tax documents, & that's not counting the lobbying arm.
The #FGA got early funding from a grant from the State Policy Network, which has long backed right-leaning think tanks with ties to #conservative activists including brothers Charles & David #Koch.
#law #plutocracy #Trump #RFKJr #health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #USpol
Now, #FGA sees more room for change under the #Trump admin & the #RFKJr-led *#health* dept, calling 2025 a "window of opportunity for major reform," according to its latest annual report.
https://thefga.org/about-us/annual-reports/
Tarren Bragdon, a fmr Maine legislator, founded FGA in 2011 to promote policies to "free millions from government dependency & open the doors for them to chase their own American Dream," he said in a [BS] statement on FGA's website.
#FGA's proposals often seek to limit who taps into that #aid & the help they receive. Those backing the group's mission say the goal is to save tax dollars & help people lift themselves out of poverty. Critics argue that FGA's proposals are a backdoor way to cut off aid to people who need it & that making #healthy #food & #healthcare more affordable is a better fix.
#law #plutocracy #Trump #RFKJr #health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #USpol
#FGA has worked for more than a decade to reshape the nation's #PublicAssistance programs. That includes #SNAP, formerly known as #FoodStamps, which federal data shows helps an average of 42M people afford food each month. It also advocates for ways to cut #Medicaid, the federal-state program that connects 71M people to subsidized #healthcare, including efforts in Idaho & Montana this year.
#law #plutocracy #Trump #RFKJr #health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #USpol
Meet the Florida group chipping away at #public #benefits one state at a time
The organization largely behind social restriction #legislation is the Foundation for Government Accountability [#FGA], a #conservative policy think tank in #Florida, & its affiliated lobbying arm, which has used the name Opportunity Solutions Project [#OSP].
#law #plutocracy #USpol #PublicAssistance #SNAP #Medicaid #healthcare #Trump #RFKJr
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5387527/fga-foundation-for-government-accountability-states-snap-work-requirements
https://www.dalademokraten.se/2025-05-05/det-ar-dags-att-ta-av-sig-hatten-magda/
#democracy⬇️ vs #tidomafia #plutocracy
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Read it closely: Mr. Xitter doesn't say that roads AREN'T racist; he doesn't want studies that will determine that some ARE racist.
via xitter @RachelTrue
HT Reddit u/ApprehensivePiece591
#oligarchy #plutocracy #kakistocracy #Racism #Racist #Antiracism #HalfHeartedFanatic
The founding members of the club, which has already sold many of its membership slots acc/to organizers, include Cameron & Tyler #Winklevoss, the #cryptocurrency execs whose company, #GeminiTrust, had been targeted by the #SEC until #Trump named new agency leaders, who in April put a hold on the federal lawsuit.
#law #corruption #broligarchy #plutocracy #technocracy #Constitution #EmolumentsClause #ImpeachTrump
#JeffMiller, a lobbyist & top #Trump fundraiser, is another founding member. In the Q1 of this year, he has registered to represent 39 new corporate clients, including the #crypto firm #Tether, an overseas operation that was a longtime target of US regulators until recently….
#law #corruption #broligarchy #plutocracy #technocracy #Constitution #EmolumentsClause #ImpeachTrump
"Two of thirds of Britons hold the opinion that the super rich have too much influence over UK politics"
Some of us believe the #billionaires are already more powerful than most (all?) nations. Is #plutocracy already a fact?
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/01/28/fairness-foundation-report/
Koch-Funded Group Authored GOP Letter Demanding Medicaid Cuts
https://truthout.org/articles/koch-funded-group-authored-house-gop-letter-demanding-medicaid-cuts
Hard-liner Medicaid letter tied to GOP think tank
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/02/congress/chip-roy-medicaid-letter-paragon-health-00324249
#billionaires #Koch #Musk #CharlesKoch #KochIndustries #capitalism #libertarianism
#oligarchy #meritocracy #plutocracy #antiunion #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Medicaid
🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 #Christofascism #transgenocide
#unionize #DemocraticSocialism #socialism #WealthTax #solidarity
🏳️⚧️ #TransLivesMatter
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
The idea of a Trojan Horse is a gift or option that releases agents to defeat an opposition is relevant to the Ai and bitcoin scams too. Anything financed by oligarchs is intended to end any opposition to their plutocracy. #TheEnemyOfThePeople #Oligarchs #Plutocracy #Empire #OligarchsTwoPartyRule
#Romania is another #democracy in danger of voting itself into a #trump like fascist government. Ahead of the #elections , #putin has been busy with #cyberattack s to bolster the right wing extremist candidate.
To all those in Romania or with loved ones living there, wish them luck and make sure to get them to vote like their lives depended on it… because they do.
#resist #antifa #fight #autocracy #fascism #oppression #oligarchy #plutocracy
#DidYouKnow: A #Plutocracy or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631.
Unlike most political systems, plutocracy is not rooted in any established political philosophy.
