Posted on October 16th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The ARC was created by Congress in 1965 to “bring the 13 Appalachian states into the mainstream of the American economy.” The commission represents a partnership of federal, state, and local governments, and covers all of West Virginia, and portions of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Today on the Daily Waste we will be looking at the Essential Air Service and its identity as a wasteful program. The EAS was created in the 1970s after airline deregulation in an effort to retain air service in smaller communities. Unfortunately, the program has resulted in exorbitant airline subsidies to communities where service otherwise [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Today the Daily Waste will investigate funding for high-speed rail and its necessity. In a town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France, on April 3, 2009, President Obama stated, “I am always jealous about European trains, and I said to myself, ‘why can’t we have high-speed rail?’” Such rail systems might be popular in other countries, [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Today the Daily Waste takes aim at Amtrak subsidies and how its elimination can save taxpayer funds. On May 1, 2011 Amtrak kicked off its 40th anniversary celebration. The festivities did not mention the fact that over that period of time Amtrak has cost taxpayers $37 billion. The railroad was supposed to earn a profit [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2011 by CAGW Staff
As the Central Florida commuter rail prepares to break ground this summer, Governor Rick Scott (R) is currently trying to decide whether to put the kibosh on the proposed SunRail project. With an estimated $1.2 billion price tag, SunRail has been dubbed the “least cost-effective” of all rail projects in the country by the Federal [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by CAGW Staff
The House Budget Committee last week granted its most recent “Budget Boondoggle Award” to the state of California’s increasingly dubious high-speed rail project (HSR). The award is a satirical distinction designed to draw taxpayers’ scorn toward proposals to spend taxpayer money particularly irresponsibly. As Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has insisted for some time, California’s [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by CAGW Staff
“We must get rid of stupid spending and pointless waste…Each taxpayer dollar is precious, and there is no excuse for wasting a single one,” stated U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in justifying the suspension of the International Scan program. LaHood announced the suspension in an email statement shortly after ABC News informed the U.S. Department [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2011 by Leslie Paige
Here is a quick synopsis of some of the GAO’s most interesting work in the last few weeks: U.S. Postal Service, June 15: The GAO writes, “USPS urgently needs to restructure its networks and operations as its financial condition and outlook are reaching a crisis. USPS has been experiencing billion-dollar losses and cash shortfalls over [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2011 by Leslie Paige
will lead the way as he embarks on his newest passion, the equivalent of his ”climate change initiative for 2011,” the campaign to help Presdient Obama establish a $25 billion Infrastructure Bank…so sayeth today’s Politico Playbook: BREAKING TODAY – Labor, business and senators both parties unite to push an INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (the BUILD Act) championed by Sen. John Kerry. [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
Congress and the White House are trippin’. Tis the season, right? August recess. And, like clockwork, each August the news media sudddenly becomes focused on junkets, or congressional Co Dels and how much they cost. First Lady Michelle Obama is reaping a media whirlwind over her recent jaunt to Spain. The whole family heads out [...]
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