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Big Banks, Bigger Fees
Release date: Saturday, April 2, 2011 uspirgBIGBANKSREPORTONLY.pdf Since Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts beginning in the early 1980s, the PIRGs have...
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The Tax Shell Game
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Tax-Shell-Game-2011-web-vFL.pdf Tax havens are countries with minimal or no taxes, to which U.S.-based multinational firms...
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High-Speed Rail: Public Private or Both?
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, July 18, 2011 HSR-PublicPrivateBoth-USPIRG-July-19-2011.pdf Private sector companies are likely to play a major role in the construction of...
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10 Reasons We Need The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, July 21, 2011 tenreasonsweneedcfpbfinal19julywcover.pdf For years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal bank regulators...
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Apples to Twinkies
Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Apples-to-Twinkies-web-vUS.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. Childhood obesity rates have tripled...
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Is Medicaid Reform Good for Taxpayers?
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 FLPIRG-Report---Medicaid-Bad-for-Taxpayers---Oct2011.pdf Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers passed legislation (HB...
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Caution: Red Light Cameras Ahead
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, October 27, 2011 FLP-Caution-Red-Light-Cameras-Ahead.pdf Privatized traffic law enforcement systems are spreading rapidly across the...
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Trouble in Toyland
Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 USPIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this report, we provide safety guidelines for...
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Following the Money 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Florida Receives D on Transparency of Government Spending But Still Makes Important Progress Following the Money...
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Picking Up the Tab
Release date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 Picking Up the Tab: Average Citizens and Small Businesses Pay the Price for Offshore Tax Havens Executive Summary Some U.S.-based multinational firms or...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG 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 vFL.pdf Executive...
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Trouble in Toyland 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012FLP Toyland2012.pdfGet our Toy Safety shopping tips here.Check out our mobile site with shopping tips on your...
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Transparency in City Spending
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013FLPIRG_Transparency_in_City_Spending_v6_screen.pdfThe ability to see how government uses the public purse is...
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Following the Money 2013
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013Florida Receives an “A-” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government...
View ArticlePrivate Loans, Public Complaints
This report is the second of several that will review complaints to the CFPB nationally and on a state-by-state level. In this report we explore consumer complaints in the private student loan sector...
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The 2013 Trouble in Toyland report is the 28th annual U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) survey of toy safety. In this report, U.S. PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing...
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A review of data from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and Census Bureau for America’s 100 most populous urbanized areas – which are home to over half of the nation’s...
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