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Where Does Nebraska Get Its Money?

Originally published September 3, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 21, 2014. Leave a Comment

Where Does Nebraska Get Its Money?

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am rather shocked to discover that Nebraska receives so very much of its budget from the Federal government. Silly, silly me. So much for state sovereignty… Seems rather curious that our Governor has been complaining about the acceptance of federal funds recently… This is a multi-year chart: […]

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Anatomy of a Shell Game

Originally published August 11, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 1 Comment

Anatomy of a Shell Game

In light of the new American tradition of passing legislation so we can find out what is actually in it, perhaps it’s a bit early to make definitive statements about the “Jobs” bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday (August 10). Although there are certain to be many fascinating surprises revealed about […]

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