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Making the Grade: A Scorecard for State Health Insurance Exchanges
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Making-the-Grade-vMI-WEB.pdf When it comes to health care, there are few magic-bullet solutions for the many problems...
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Trouble in Toyland: The 26th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 PIRGIM_Trouble_In_Toyland2011.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this...
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Representation without Taxation
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 MIP RepTax Cover.pdf Marking the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United vs. FEC case –...
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Too Close to Home
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Nukes and H20 vMI.pdf The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which took place in March 2011, delivered a reminder to the...
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Auctioning Democracy
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 PIRGIM.pdf Dēmos and PIRGIM Education Fund analysis of Federal Election Commission data on Super PACs from their advent in...
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Following the Municipal Money
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Michigan Appendix.pdf Transparent spending is vital for local governments. Transparency promotes fiscal responsibility,...
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Following the Money 2012
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Following the Money vMI.pdf The ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency...
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Picking Up the Tab
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Monday, April 16, 2012 State TaxHavenRpt Apr12-MIP.pdf Some U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals avoid paying U.S. taxes by transferring their...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Ag Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece Apples to Twinkies vMI-.pdf Apples to Twinkies...
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Million-Dollar Megaphones
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund and Demos Release date: Thursday, August 2, 2012 MIP_mdmreport_final.pdf Although each major party presidential candidate will likely break previous fundraising...
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Total Food Recall
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 USP TotalFoodRecall 10-24.pdf Over the past few years, Americans have grown accustomed to seeing headlines about tainted...
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Million-Dollar Megaphones
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund and Demos Release date: Monday, November 12, 2012post election megaphones final.docA new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission...
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Big Banks, Bigger Fees 2012
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Thursday, November 15, 2012MichiganBanks12.pdfSince Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts beginning in the...
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Trouble in Toyland 2012
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012MIP Toyland2012.pdfThe 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the 27th annual Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM)...
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What America Could Do with $150 Billion Lost to Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Friday, December 7, 2012USPTaxHavens Cost $150 billion.pdfMany corporations and wealthy individuals use offshore tax havens—countries with minimal or...
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Subsidizing Bad Behavior
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Thursday, January 3, 2013Subsidizing Bad Behavior USPIRG EF.pdfBP’s recent $4.5 billion legal settlement with the Justice Department for its misdeeds...
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Elections Confidential
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013USP Elections Report Jan13 1 3.pdf“Elections Confidential” describes how secret donors poured hundreds of millions into the...
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The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013WEB The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens MI.pdf When U.S. corporations and wealthy individuals use offshore tax havens to...
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Following the Money 2013
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013MI_Following_the_Money_screen_final.pdfEvery year, state governments spend tens of billions of dollars through contracts with...
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Picking Up the Tab 2013
Released by: PIRGIM Education Fund Release date: Thursday, April 4, 2013MIP PickUpTab Mar13.pdfSome U.S.-based multinational firms and individuals avoid paying U.S. taxes by using accounting tricks to...
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