Posted on October 31, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
New Farm Bill Commentary by John Frydenlund released today
Washington Times editorial quotes Tom Schatz here:
Thomas Schatz, president of the government-waste organization, “applaud[ed]” the FRESH Act because it “would replace Depression-era farm-subsidy programs with programs that would provide a real safety net for farmers when they need it instead of doling out excessive payments to the [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Hillary backed lab of donor
Lawmakers, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, have taken thousands in campaign cash from an embattled Nobel-prize winning scientist while earmarking federal money for his New York lab.
…Leslie K. Paige, spokeswoman for District-based Citizens Against Government Waste, said there”s nothing in the law that prevents beneficiaries of earmarks from donating campaign money [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Tom Schatz discusses Rep. Charlie Rangel’s “Monument to Me” on CNBC Pork Watch.
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
CAGW provides a list of who deserves tricks and treats from taxpayers.
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Posted on October 29, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
A Monthly Dispatch from
Citizens Against Government Waste
October: Pork is Alive and Well, A Taxpayer CO2tastrophe, Drug Importation Consternation, First Class Waste
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Posted on October 25, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Budget aims to bring farmers to market
Farmers could get training on their own through local colleges and existing programs, such as the agricultural extension service, said Leslie Paige, vice president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit.
“This is part of being in business. You learn how to gather basic information,” Paige said.
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Posted on October 25, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Posted on October 22, 2007 by Tom Schatz
Yesterday’s Republican presidential debate in Florida was all about who is the “most conservative” candidate. From the transcript, there are two items worth noting. First, Rep. Tom Tancredo forgets who his friends are. Then John McCain comes up with the best line of the evening.
TANCREDO: And, yes, I do think that there are organizations that should be [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by Leslie Paige
The left-of-center Brookings Institution posted some testimony on lobbying and ethics reforms today and, without having read all of their presecriptions for long-term reforms, they seem to accurately diagnose the main problem when it comes to earmarking, which is the near absence of real transparency. That, and the congenital inability of politicians to simply say “NO” when asked to fund some [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Pres. Tom Schatz discussed HRSA alma mater pork (the subject of this Porker of the Month) on CNBC Pork Watch. See the interview here.
Watch Tom on CNBC every Thursday morning at 7:40am.
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
To find out why, go to www.cagw.org
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by Tom Schatz
Talk about a self-serving pork-barrel project. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) is forcing the City College of New York to name three projects after himself - the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, the Rangel Conference Center, and The Charles Rangel Library. Later today, porkbusting Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will try to [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Dave Williams
The federal government, ok government at all levels, is obsessed with regulating industries. This report is just another example of the fed’s obsession.
I love my cell phone, I love my internet connection, and I love cable television. I suspect that once the government gets their grubby little hands on it we all will suffer.
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Leslie Paige
Don’t mean to gang up on Hillary today but there seems to be a lot going on in her life right now. Had to link to this story in the Washington Post in which she rejects the notion that Social Security is in crisis! Also read nationally-syndicated columnist Star Parker’s take-down of Hillary…the putative Democratic nominee may not [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Leslie Paige
From USA Today, an article looking at earmarks for NY’s Clinton and Shumer, trying to connect the earmark-to-campaign-contribution dots. Gee, haven’t these folks learned to put a little daylight between the award of the wasteful earmark and the practically-next-day campaign contribution, for crying out loud? (Hello? Favor Factory 101). I guess not. Interesting factoids:
“The man behind [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Leslie Paige
and the finger-pointing commences. Though when it comes to pork, the Senate is by far the “porkier” of the two chambers. Historically more bad legislation gets passed in the Senate and it is where good laws go to die. And her preening over the “sweeping ethics reform” package is amusing. As we and others have amply illustrated, the so-called earmark reform Congress passed was weak [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Leslie Paige
This should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone, but just in case you need confirmation that Congress under the current leadership is even less appealing than it was under the Republican leadership, here it is.
If you want to know why, go here, and here, and here, and I am getting tired of typing already….
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Posted on October 16, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
10/16/07 Breitbart
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
A cheap system to recycle human waste into biogas and fertiliser may allow 2.6 billion people in the world access to toilets and reduce global warming, an Indian environmental expert said Tuesday.
Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, said his group plans to push [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
Taxpayers still steamed about Sparta Teapot Museum:
10/16/07 Winston-Salem Journal
Museum plan is being revised
A wealthy art collector from Los Angeles said this month that he has pulled out of a commitment to exclusively display his eclectic collection of teapots at a museum in Sparta intended for them.
The Sparta Teapot Museum has raised $4.2 million, including more [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2007 by Alexa Moutevelis
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