Now these are just two examples and the obvious problem that you most likely see in them is that you have to own a farm or a corporation to get your snout into this kind of trough of cash. So then what are some of the things that an everyday Joe or Jane can use to get themselves into a position to score on the real juicy government grants. The very first thing that you need to come to terms with is that the US government only gives theses multi-thousand and multi-million dollar grants to organizations. Not to individuals...

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The simple fact is that the reason that grants are such a hot topic right now, is that there are more of them and they are better funded. It’s the Obama economic stimulus package that’s responsible. You see, federal state and local grants are the means by which a sizable percentage of that money is channeled back into the economy. Even so, as a private party the actual monetary figures that are attached to individual grants can be surprisingly low sometimes. Now on the other hand, for organizations and particularly charitable organizations, it’s an entirely different story. For them...

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Now of course it comes from the US government but it’s the Fish and Wildlife service that manages it. Can you believe that people have even gotten grant money from this government agency to simply go fishing at various spots in the area that they live in and keep track of how many, and how big the fish were that they caught? Well it’s true and the fact is that someone has to do it for the sake of monitoring wildlife around the country and as you already know, you don’t need a college degree to go fishing. Now...

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So then how do your suppose that the US Forestry service tracks the approval rating on the untold thousands of camp grounds and related facilities that that they have peppered from one end of the country to the other? You don’t think that they pay their employees to spend their weekends off staying in them, and rating them do you? The fact is that if you knew where to look and how to apply chances are that there are grants out there that can put free government money in your hands just so you can pack up, and go...

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The fact is that the greater part of government grant money for research is directed to accredited research groups based out places like universities, and by far it’s for medical related studies. Anything from how to find a cure for cancer to finding new types of antibiotics to replace the older ones that microbes are becoming resistant to. What you have to remember though, is that the US government allocates literally hundreds hundreds of millions of dollars to research causes, so even with medical projects taking the lions share that still leaves millions of dollars left over for other...

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They do it with “other peoples” money. Now perhaps you may have already read about some wealthy real estate investor who went completely bankrupt just a a few short years ago, yet here the man or woman is today, right back on top. Owning commercial buildings, property, and homes all over the city you live in. So then who’s money is it that they’re using to get their fortunes rising again? Well you can bet that it wasn’t money from a private party investor because no one in their right mind would hand someone money to invest, who had...

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The fact of he matter is that they aren’t rumors. They are in fact true. For instance you may have already heard the term corporate welfare that’s used to describe lucrative giveaways to to successful business entities. Then who among us hasn’t ever heard of farm subsidy programs that pay farmers millions not to plant their fields. Now these are just two examples and the obvious problem that you most likely see in them is that you have to own a farm or a corporation to get your snout into this kind of trough of cash. So then what...

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