January 2008 Wastewatcher Featuring the following articles: The Sound and Fury Over Payday Lending By Marc Kilmer There has been a lot of discussion about the practice of payday lending recently. Many self-appointed “consumer” advocates deplore the fact that people choose to borrow money from these lenders and are upset that these institutions have proliferated [...]

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See Tom Schatz discuss the President’s State of the Union and executive order on earmarks on CNBC’s Pork Watch from this morning here.

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Last Wednesday, Rep. Don Young faxed CAGW a letter responding to our selection of him as a 2007 Porker of the Year candidate.  Read his letter refuting the reasons he is a Porker of the Year nominee and defending his pork long history of pork here.  Today, CAGW President Tom Schatz responded to Rep. Young’s [...]

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