Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) put out a distorted partial scoring of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy Security Act (commonly referred to as Waxman-Markey, but we like to call it the cap-and-tax bill). The report stated that the cost of the bill is only $175 per family per year. Now that figure is [...]
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Members of the House are expected to vote as early as tomorrow on the Waxman-Markey ‘cap-and-trade’ bill. Though cleverly hidden, this bill will impose massive new taxes on all Americans. Apparently, proponents seem to think that this is just what we need at a time when the economy is failing and the national debt has skyrocketed to [...]
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Because the Cap and Trade Bill (The Waxman-Markey Clean Energy Bill) has a little known provision that affects trees in Brazil and beyond. According to the Washington Times: The provision, called “offsets,” has been attacked by both environmentalists and business groups as ineffective and poorly designed. Critics contend it would send scarce federal dollars overseas to [...]
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The Transportation Authorization Bill is set to expire at the end of the fiscal year (September 30) and the trust fund is running dangerously low. According to Politico: Amid all its other budget woes, the Obama administration now estimates it will need $20 billion in new savings or revenues to shore up the finances for the [...]
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A great op ed in today’s Ft. Worth Star Telegram. The author concisely deconstructs each of the other sides very weak arguments in favor of an alternate engine. The Defense Department should have one mission; building and maintaining the best-trained, best-equipped American war-fighting infrastructure at a price taxpayers can afford. Maintaining the industrial base and being a make-work program should not be [...]
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My earlier post on how $3.4 million in “stimulus” money is being used by the Florida State Department of Transportation to build an eco-passage for turtles elicited a humorous response from a “shell-shocked” Florida resident, Russell Price, a self-employed businessman in real estate development and concerned taxpayer, who wrote: The proposed new turtle tunnel will [...]
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For a number of years, CAGW has been dedicated to eliminating waste and inefficiency in government. Particularly, CAGW emphasizes the importance of the government taking as small a role in theprivate sector as possible. This is especially true with technology. On June 17, 2009, Liya Palagashvili, Koch Fellow and Summer intern at CAGW, had the [...]
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This is the kind of quote we jaded waste warriors wait for. Today’s AP has a story about the fact that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a preliminary report on how states are using stimulus money. In his 45-page report, which you can find here, Dr. Coburn mentions $3.4 million that was used by the Florida Department of [...]
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Prepare to see a lot more of these sorts of stories: today’s WSJ describes the birth of a new breed of entrepreneur – someone who excels not at manufacturing a better widget or outselling his/her competitor, coming up with a revolutionary breakthrough in technology or medicine. No, in the brave new big-government era that is sweeping the [...]
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Today’s Roll Call has an illuminating article about the behind-the-scenes struggle in the House over Appropriations Chairman David Obey’s (D-Wisc.) intent to block earmarks for “Monuments to Me!”: that is buildings, roads or facilities that will bear the name of the member of Congress who earmarked the taxpayer money for it. In this case, the culprit is Rep. [...]
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