To estimate the dollar value of the subsidy in the U.S., we multiplied it by the debt and deposits of 18 of the country’s largest banks, including JPMorgan, Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. The result: about $76 billion a year. The number is roughly equivalent to the banks’ total profits over the past 12 months, or more than the federal government spends every year on education.
I always loved hearing Michelle Bachmann talk about how the government needs to be smaller and have less reach. Her and her husband have run a christian counseling organization for years. Their clinic received "nearly $30,000 from Minnesota government agencies between 2006 and 2010 in addition to at least $137,000 in federal payments and $24,000 in government grants for counselor training" -from wikipedia. Great image in the article. Guess he's what happened to the baby in the album art for Nirvana's Nevermind