Human traffickers routinely demand large sums of cash for passage to Malaysia, and some men, who are willing to pay for a bride in a place where few eligible Rohingya women exist, are in-effect supporting this extortion by paying the traffickers' fees.
Such advocacy is in effect supported by American taxpayers, because contributors to groups organized under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code can deduct donations from their taxes, which means less revenue for the federal government.
Jason Campbell, a spokesman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, an industry group in Washington, said that animal advocacy organizations were, in effect, supporting environmental destruction.
Some usually united coalitions bickered, with parts mobilizing to support the teacher and health care aid while their colleagues waved their arms in dismay that these leaders were, in effect, supporting cuts to food stamps.
Ms. Fischer said polls show 90percentt of drivers know that the law is in effect, and 80percentt support it.
Medicare, for example, is in effect a strongly redistributive program: it's supported by a payroll tax (and other revenue) in which the amount you pay in depends on your income, but it supplies a benefit that depends only on your medical costs.
Used by about 520 people a month, Dawn is in effect a free, city-run gym and support group for diabetics and pre-diabetics: a one-stop shop for inspiration, information and perspiration.
Food manufacturers and cattle and chicken farmers say the government's support for ethanol is, in effect, pushing up food prices.
There is little precedent for a non-profit generating so much of its "support" from what is, in effect, a commercial agreement.
Third, BAE receives considerable support from the UK taxpayer; it is in effect a subsidised industry.
