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Report | Florida PIRG | Budget

Analysis of HR1

It’s difficult to imagine how cuts to Pell Grants, food safety or clean drinking water come before subsidies to BP or advertising for fast food and underwear. And yet, that’s exactly what the House resolution has done.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

Florida PIRG Response to Governor Scott's Rejection of High-Speed Rail Funds

We are disappointed to see Florida losing this opportunity to be the first state in the nation to begin building a 21st century transportation infrastructure. The Governors decision today was extremely short sited.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

FL Small Businesses Support High-Speed Rail

Today Florida PIRG presented Governor Rick Scott with a letter signed by central Florida small businesses, showing their support for high-speed rail.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Tax

Obama Budget Proposes Important First Cuts to Ag Subsidies

Statement of Florida PIRG Federal Public Health Advocate Elizabeth Hitchcock on the President’s proposed 2012 budget, which includes more than $1 billion in cuts over five years to agriculture subsidies that are achieved by reducing the cap on Department of Agriculture direct payments and tightening eligibility standards.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

Florida PIRG Reaction to Administration's Bold New High Speed Rail Plan

Statement of Florida  PIRG Advocate, Brad Ashwell, in response to Vice President Joseph Biden and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood’s announcement that the administration plans to invest $53 billion over the next six years in high-speed rail.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Health Care

New Report: Health Care Reform Can Save FL $168 Billion

Health care reform might cost $1 trillion, but it can ultimately save the nation $3 trillion, with billions of dollars of benefits for every state in the union, a new report released today by Florida PIRG (The Public Interest Research Group) notes.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Health Care

New PIRG Survey: Small businesses crushed by rising health costs

Florida small business owners are being crushed by rising health care costs, and feel left out of the current health care debate in Washington, according to a new report released today by Florida Public Interest Research Group.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Health Care

New Florida PIRG Study: “Comparative Effectiveness Research” in Health Care Cuts Costs, Improves Services

A new study shows that Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) can help doctors provide more effective care while cutting the skyrocketing cost of health care.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Consumer Protection

Statement by Brad Ashwell in Response to Gov. Crist’s Veto of SB 1171 - A Bill Designed to Eliminate Insurance Rate Regulation

“Today Governor Crist sided with consumers by standing up to the insurance industry and vetoing legislation that would have allowed the largest companies to charge excessive rates without any state oversight.”

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Safe Energy

New Report: Building New Nuclear Plants is a Bad Investment

New Florida PIRG report shows that dollar for dollar, a clean energy portfolio can produce more energy than nuclear power.

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Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

Squandering the Stimulus

We can reduce our crippling dependence on oil through long-term solutions that will make it easier for Americans to drive less. Modern buses, light rail, commuter rail and other forms of transit more efficiently move passengers with less fuel. Transit also reduces traffic congestion and encourages more compact development patterns which, in turn, further reduce the amount Americans must drive.

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Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

A Better Way to Go

This report shows why rail, rapid buses and other forms of public transit must play a more prominent role in America’s future transportation system. America has grown more dependent on car travel with each passing year. America has more cars per capita than any other nation in the world. The number of miles driven on America’s highways has doubled in the last quarter-century, and our reliance on cars for transportation is at the root of many of America’s most intractable problems.

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Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Consumer Protection

Mixed Signals

Florida PIRG and other PIRG's around the country conducted “secret shopper” surveys at 132 electronics stores in ten states to determine if America’s big electronics retailers are properly preparing their customers for the digital transition.  The results were released today in Florida PIRG’s new report: “Mixed Signals: How Retailers Mislead Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition.”

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Report | Transportation

Road Privitization: Explaining the Trend, Assessing the Facts, and Protecting the Public

Privatization of toll roads is a growing trend. During 2007, sixteen states had some privatized road project formally proposed or underway. In the last two years Indiana and Chicago signed multi-billiondollar private concession deals for public roads for 75 years and 99 years respectively. As a result of these deals, toll rates on these roads will increase steadily and revenues will be paid to private company shareholders rather than to the public budget.

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    Prescription drugs cost too much. Brand-name drug companies have been paying off generic drug makers to delay competition and keep prices high, and it's costing us billions. Together, we can stop them.
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    Corporate tax avoidance cost taxpayers $100 billion last year. We're working to close the loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying the taxes they owe.
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  • YOUR TAX DOLLARS BECOME CORN SYRUP
    At a time when one-in-three kids is overweight or obese, over a billion taxpayer dollars go to high-fructose corn syrup and junk food ingredients.
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  • Reclaim Democracy
    The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision ushered in an era of unprecedented spending by big money in our elections, but we're working to return our democracy back to the principle of "one person, one vote."
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