Tax dollars
Coverage of Tax dollars in the Nexus archive.
- Locked up in America: new reports hit at costs of incarcerating women
New reports from the Council on Criminal Justice highlight that incarcerating women in the U.S. costs 75% more than men, with their prison population rising over 600% since 1980. The reports suggest reducing women's sentences could save tax dollars without significantly increasing violent crime.
- City of Austin audit amendment headed to ballot in November
An audit of how the City of Austin is spending tax dollars is headed to the ballot in November. The measure will be included on the November ballot.
- Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report finds
A report found that mismanagement at a large ICE detention facility in Texas led to unsafe conditions and millions of tax dollars being wasted on contractors.
- Gavin Newsom’s insane $20M plan to honor … Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom has proposed a $20 million 'Governors’ Legacies Fund' in his budget to honor former living governors, a move critics attribute to narcissism or delusion. The provision would allocate unspecified projects using tax dollars, with the article suggesting a lack of transparency in its purpose.
- These billion-dollar projects were sold as a green revolution for struggling communities. Now, see where your tax dollars sit broken and abandoned across the US
Billion-dollar green energy projects, marketed as solutions for struggling communities, are now abandoned and non-functional across the US. Taxpayer funds have been invested in these failed initiatives, raising concerns about accountability.
- Lawmakers demand answers, reforms at hospice fraud hearing
Bipartisan lawmakers demanded accountability during a Capitol Hill hearing on hospice fraud, with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith vowing to address the theft of tax dollars and Medicare benefits. Smith emphasized that fraudsters would no longer operate 'in the dark.'