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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s premiere taxpayer watchdog, and the Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), Tennessee’s free market think tank, unveiled the 2008 Tennessee Pork Report: Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Your Tax Dollars Exposed.  The report is the third Tennessee Pork Report in as many years to expose wasteful spending by [...]

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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) and the Illinois Policy Institute have released the 2008 Illinois Piglet Book, identifying $686 million in wasteful spending in the state budget.  
The $686 Million in Illinois Wasteful Spending includes:
·      $4 million for a Ford Technical Training Center in Chicago Heights;
·      $1 million for the Illinois film office in Chicago;
·      $920,000 [...]

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On the heels of the wildly successful 2008 Congressional Pig Book comes the 2008 Illinois Piglet Book! 
On April 9, CAGW and the Illinois Policy Institute will release the latest Illinois Piglet Book.  The Illinois Piglet combines elements of two perennial CAGW publications, the Congressional Pig Book and Prime Cuts, with the Illinois Policy Institute’s knowledge of [...]

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CAGW in conjunction with the Washington Policy Center just unveiled the Washington State Piglet Book: Connecting the Dots on How Government Wastes Your Money, the definitive guide for reducing waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the Washington state government.

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Today, CAGW and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Foundation released their analysis of waste in the CA state budget.
Read the press release
Download the report

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