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Vivek Saxena writes for BizPac Review about the latest evidence of congressional waste. Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, has published its annual “Congressional Pig Book,” and it’s a doozy.…
Editors at the Washington Examiner tout interesting ideas for resolving the federal government’s spending disputes. Year after year, much more harm than good results from congressional budget battles fought under…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon details a proposal to spend more of your money on D.C. politicians. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) introduced a bill that would ban…
Todd Shepherd of the Washington Free Beacon details interesting statistics surrounding a congressional perk. House Democrats are currently outspending their Republican colleagues by a two-to-one margin on taxpayer-funded car leases…
Elizabeth Harrington reports for the Washington Free Beacon on financial shenanigans used to help prop up struggling Obamacare co-ops. Co-ops created under Obamacare reported net assets despite losing millions because…
Matt Schuck shares with Human Events readers his concerns about fraud in the popular Medicare program. Please do us a favor and conduct oversight hearings on Medicare fraud. Because while…
Those of you who enjoyed P.J. O’Rourke’s 2007 assessment of the federal farm bill debate might appreciate the efforts of some conservative groups to open up the latest discussion of…
• No turnaround. Triangle-area political pundits say Walter Dalton didn’t do what he needed to do in last night’s debate to shake up the race with Pat McCrory. McCrory consistently…
Citizens Against Government Waste has just released its 2012 book on wasteful spending, detailing great numbers of Republicrat special interest programs that squander resources, usually on things the feds have…
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about the latest congressional rankings from Citizens Against Government Waste, which has named four N.C. lawmakers “taxpayer heroes.”
North Carolina state government’s budget hole is the largest in the Southeast, and fifth-largest in the nation, when the hole is expressed as a percentage of the overall operating budget.…
The news about ridiculous spending and looming deficits notwithstanding, North Carolina?s congressional delegation actually reduced its share of pork barrel spending this year by 21 percent compared to 2009. That?s…