How Local Civil Rights Protests Produced an Increase in War on Poverty Spending Three social scientists crunched the numbers and found that counties where the Civil Rights Movement was active received almost 50 percent more War on Poverty spending than those counties that didn’t ...

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How Local Civil Rights Protests Produced an Increase in War on Poverty Spending

#civilrights #waronpoverty #socialspending #lbj #protests

Majority in favor of cutting social spending in favor of defense Most Germans want to increase defense spending and reduce social spending. This is shown by a survey conducted by TUM and the Leipzig University.

A new survey shows broad support in #Germany for strengthening #SecurityPolicy and closer #EuropeanCooperation. Many respondents favor higher defense spending rather than #socialspending: go.tum.de/429682

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GST reform puts state government finances at risk | Policy Circle The two-slab GST reform could boost consumption, but state governments worry about annual losses of up to Rs 1.1 trillion. #GST #statefinances

The #GSTreforms eyes efficiency, but without strong safeguards, it risks weakening #statebudgets and #socialspending.
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#DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #Ballroom #HealthCareCuts #SocialSpending #GildedLobby #MedicaidCuts #BudgetPriorities #LuxuryVsNeed

📖 Full analysis in GNRTFN's #WATCH2025

#FoodSecurity #SocialSpending

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Canada hikes military spending 17 percent this year as part of stampede right The tens of billions in additional military spending will quickly translate into massive social spending cuts.

#militarism #warmongering #austerity

#Canada hikes #military spending 17 percent this year as part of stampede right

The tens of billions in additional #militaryspending will quickly translate into massive #socialspending cuts.

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Study: Government social spending linked to better well-being in 54 countries (tinyurl.com/5yd79pcm). Moderate regimes may be best positioned for this.

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#1party #fafo #hoot #1partyforall #SocialSpending #WellBeing #Moderate

UPDATE: New data on public social spending. On average, OECD countries spent 21% of their GDP on public social spending in 2024.

Compare your country and discover more data insights with OECD’s Social Expenditure Database ➡️ oe.cd/5-m

#SocialSpending #SocialPolicy #OECD

When Italy and the EU will understand that #Trump has an enemy besides China,and that enemy is the #EUWelfareState,which he wants to destroy in order to divert #socialSpending into #militarySpending( with a #BuyAmerican extortion op), it will be too late.

Venezuela Allocates 78% of the 2025 Budget to Social Investment - teleSUR English On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez presented the 2025 Economic and Financial Budget Bill to the National Assembly (AN). The proposed budget

Impressive! #Venezuela #socialspending www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-al...

2 #IMF: “This is crucial, as more investment in #education and #socialspending to broaden the gains from #AI will require more public revenue.
Since the 1980s, the tax burden on #capital #income has steadily declined in advanced economies while the burden on labor income has climbed”