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Starving the cities to feed the suburbs
2013-01-09 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You`re probably aware that the federal government spends money on some things you like (national parks), and some things you may not care for (imprisoning non-violent drug offenders). But you probably don`t know that the feds actually spend more money on real estate than practically anything else other than defense. How so? As a new report illustrates, a variety of federal policies that go by other names are actually public investments in housing and other development. The report, "Federal involvement...
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