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Green
Scissors '99 -- The Green Scissors Campaign, led
by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the
U.S. Public Interest Research Group, has helped eliminate
more than $24 billion in wasteful and environmentally harmful
spending programs since 1995. Green Scissors ‘99 recommendations
would slash nearly $51 billion in federal spending that squanders
our hard-earned tax dollars and hurts the environment
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Green
Scissors '98-- An unusual collaboration between environmentalists,
taxpayers, and deficit hawks, Green Scissors ‘98
offers Congress and the Administration detailed recommendations
for cutting spending by cutting across ideological lines.
Friends of the Earth is the lead author of The Green Scissors
‘98 report, which identifies up to $49.5 billion
in wasteful, environmentally destructive government projects.
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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1998
Green Scissors Clinton Report Card -- Evaluate
the Clinton administration's efforts to reduce waste and protect
the environment.
It is
available from Friends of the Earth
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Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Mississippi
River: River of Subsidy (Released October 23,
1997) -- Recommends cutting 16 specific, wasteful government
programs and reforming subsidies for flood control and barge
navigation. Federal taxpayers can save $1.5 billion immediately
and much more in coming decades.
Sorry,
but this report is no longer available. Please see our Corps
Watch Project for more information on water issues. |
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More
Pentagon Follies (Released July 28, 1997)-- While
much of the Pentagon's spending is essential, some is pure
folly. The $61 billion in frivolous or wasteful
Pentagon spending highlighted in this report does not contribute
to the national defense but instead offends both troops and
taxpayers.
Sorry,
but this report is no longer available. Please see our National
Security Budget Reform Program for more information on
national security issues. |
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1997
Green Scissors Clinton Report Card
(Released Spring 1997) Sorry,
but this report is no longer available. Please see our Green
Scissors Project for more information on wasteful and
environmentally harmful spending and subsidies. |
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Green Scissors Michigan
(Released May 7, 1997) Sorry,
but this report is no longer available. Please see our Green
Scissors Project for more information on wasteful and
environmentally harmful spending and subsidies.
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Green
Scissors '97-- An unusual collaboration between environmentalists,
taxpayers, and deficit hawks, Green Scissors ‘97
offers Congress and the Administration detailed recommendations
for cutting spending by cutting across ideological lines.
Friends of the
Earth is the lead author of The Green Scissors ‘97
report, which identifies up to $36 billion in wasteful, environmentally
destructive government projects. Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Pentagon
Follies: How the Department of Defense is Wasting Your Tax
Dollars (Released April 1, 1996)-- Like an expensive
"April fools" joke on American taxpayers, Pentagon
bureaucrats and pork-barrel politicians have wasted approximately
$29 billion that was supposed to be used for national defense.
Sorry,
but this report is no longer available. Please see our National
Security Budget Reform Program for more information on
national security issues. |
Taxpayers for Common Sense is a non-partisan budget watchdog that serves as an independent voice for American taxpayers. Now in its second decade of service to the nation, TCS seeks to ensure that our government spends taxpayer money efficiently and responsibly by working to eliminate wasteful and harmful federal spending. |
