Posted on October 29th, 2010 by Sean Kennedy
For the first time in history, the government publicized the amount of money it spends on intelligence. On October 28, 2010, the government disclosed that $80.1 billion had been spent over the previous 12 months on civilian and military intelligence. Civilian intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other institutions, accounted for $53.1 billion, [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2010 by Erica Gordon
Citizens Against Government Waste’s (CAGW) ghoulish goulash of Washington’s most wasteful projects and the sweet smell of success in saving taxpayers’ money strikes again. The streets of Washington and clammy halls of Congress continue to be crowded with vampiric politicians drawing blood from anemic taxpayers to pay for wasteful projects. Trick: Congress and its dysfunctional [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
Reporter Humberto Sanchez at the National Journal has a piece on the ultimate fate of the GOP’s self-imposed earmark moratorium (subscription only, sorry). According to Sanchez’s sources, apparently (future) House Majority Leader John Boehner (R) is leaning toward preserving the moratorium and extending it to all earmarks. If this rumor morphs into reality, it would be music to our ears and [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) October Porker of the Month for exaggerating the effect of the failed economic stimulus program, making dubious claims about jobs numbers, and misleading the American people about the true economic picture. Rep. Wasserman Schultz made the following claim about job [...]
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Posted on October 26th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
Reports that the U.S. Air Force is considering a sole-source contract for a multi-billion dollar helicopter should make taxpayers queasy, and question who the Air Force has in its pocket. In fact, the basis of this math is the Economic Act of 1932. The Common Vertical Lift Support Program (CVLSP) is both a diplomatic and [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2010 by Sean Kennedy
Citing the need to modernize the Port of Charleston, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) submitted a $400,000 earmark to the Senate version of the Energy and Water Appropriations Act to study the port’s potential deepening. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the project. Graham reacted bitterly, citing the port’s role in providing 260,800 jobs, $11.8 billion [...]
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Posted on October 13th, 2010 by Erica Gordon
Eric Cantor should be commended for publicly saying what far too many Republicans are afraid to say: NO MORE EARMARKS. This past March, House Republicans imposed an earmark moratorium that was meant not only to give taxpayers a break, but also to give members of Congress time to reform the process. However, little headway has [...]
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Posted on October 8th, 2010 by Sean Kennedy
According to a report by the Social Security Office of Inspector General (IG), in 2009 the Social Security Administration (SSA) sent approximately 89,000 checks to dead or imprisoned persons, costing taxpayers $22,250,000. The report was reviewed by the Washington Post in an article appearing on October 7, 2010. As part of the economic recovery program, [...]
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Posted on October 7th, 2010 by CAGW Staff
That sounds almost as ridiculous as Jumbo Shrimp. But Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) thinks it may be a reality. According to The Hill: Fiscal conservatives see the glut of openings for Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee as a rare chance to reshape the panel and reduce spending. At least five and as many as [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2010 by CAGW Staff
Spending, that is. CAGW has for 26 years called for spending cuts. In fact, since 1993 we have publishing Prime Cuts which outlines $2 trillion in potential spending cuts. Over the years we have gotten support from only a handful of members of Congress to cut spending. In fact, since August 2010, the Council for [...]
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