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WasteBasket: A Weekly Bulletin on Government Waste
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- September 21, 2007 -- Choking on Interest
- February 13, 2006 -- Looking for Cuts in All the Wrong Places
- November
14, 2005 -- How a Spending Cut Became an Increase
- October
11, 2005 -- Cashing in on Katrina
- May
26, 2005 -- The Ticking Tax Bomb
- May
6, 2005 -- Banking on Deficits
- March
28, 2005 -- A Funny Thing Happened...
- February
4, 2005 -- Just Say Veto
- January
7, 2005 -- Fear Factor Accounting
- December
6, 2004 -- A National Embarrassment
- November
22, 2004 -- Auditing the IRS
- November
5, 2004 -- A Simple Fiscal Plan
- October
15, 2004 -- Pork Train Heads Out of Town
- September
10, 2004
-- Debate the Deficit
- August
13, 2004
-- Swing State Energy Policy
- August
6, 2004
-- A Bait and Switch on Budgets
- January
23 , 2004
-- This Talk Ain't Cheap
- November
26, 2003
-- Giving Thanks?
- September
5, 2003 -- Government Workforce Explodes
- August
22, 2003 -- Recall the Rhetoric
- July
17, 2003 -- Deficit Disorder!
- May
1, 2003 -- Go George Go
- January
31, 2003 -- Big Government, Big Time!
- January
3, 2003 -- Stimulating the Budget Deficit
- May
31, 2002 -- The Bush Budget Two-Step
- January
25, 2002 -- Belt Tightening in the New Deficit
Era
- January
10, 2002 --
Budget Blame Game
- January
4, 2002 --
New Year's Resolution: Restraint
- November
15, 2001 --
Now You See it Now You Don't
- July
3, 2001 --
When Pigs Fly
- June
21, 2001 -- Surplus Sellout
- February
1, 2001 -- Spending Could Eliminate Surplus
- October
31, 2000 -- Congressional Spending Binge
- March
22, 2000 -- Emergency Spending Eats at Surplus
- September
15, 1999 -- The Surplus Vanishes
- July
29, 1999 -- The Magical Budget Surplus
- January 12, 1998
-- Budget Surplus?
SPENDING
- February 22, 2008 -- A Missed Opportunity
- January 24, 2008 -- First Do No Harm
- January 18, 2008 -- Losing Ground on Earmarks
- December 7, 2007 -- The Great Budget Debacle
- November 30, 2007 -- Giving Thanks for Signs of Progress
- November 21, 2007 -- Top Turkeys
- October 4, 2007 -- Budget Breakdown
- September 7, 2007 -- A Tale of Two Chambers: The Senate
- August 31, 2007 -- A Tale of Two Chambers: The House
- August 9, 2007 -- Pork Over Transportation Priorities
- August 2, 2007 -- Cram Session on Capitol Hill
- June 29, 2007 -- Congress Should Take a Pass on Pay Raise
- June 15, 2007 -- Return of the Earmark
- May 25, 2007 -- Pimp My Budget
- March 30, 2007 -- Veni, Vidi, Veto
- September 19, 2006 -- Half-Baked
- September 6, 2006 -- Legislative Lesson Plan
- May 12, 2006 -- Break the Veto Streak
- March 15, 2006 -- Pulled Pork
- January
20, 2006 -- The Corrupting Power of Earmarks
- October
22, 2004 -- Swing State Subsidies
- October
8, 2004 -- Congress Goes Whole Hog
- April
16, 2004 -- Ready to Burst
- February
6, 2004 -- Where's the (Budget) Beef?
- January
16, 2004 -- Budget Surplus Fever
- December
5, 2003 -- Derail the Pork Train
- November
7, 2003 -- Rein in the Money Grubbers
- October
24, 2003 -- One Expensive Facelift
- September
26, 2003 -- Contractor Nation
- September
19, 2003 -- Subsidy Storm on the Horizon
- August
29, 2003 -- Watch Your Wallets! Congress is Back
- March
5, 2003 -- Using
Armed Forces as a Pawn for Pork
- February
21, 2003 -- 8
Ways to Trim the Fat
- November
8, 2002 -- The
Cost of Elections
- November
1, 2002 -- Federal
Programs That Go "Boo!"
- September
27, 2002 -- Politics
and the Budget Don't Mix
- August
16, 2002 -- A
Call for Fiscal Security
- February
8, 2002 -- A
Bloated Budget
- October
18, 2001 -- Economic
Stimulus or Big Business Handout?
- October
11, 2001 --
Jumpstarting the Economy
- September
21, 2001 -- Open Letter to America's Leaders
- August
31, 2001 -- Fiscal Recklessness is Back in Style
- June
25, 2001 Back from the Dead: Pork!
- April
2, 2001 -- Don't Forget the Debt
- March
16, 2001 -- Pork Barrel Spending Grows
- August
21, 2000 -- Cutting Government Waste Important
to Voters
- February
8, 2000 -- GAO: It's Common Sense Time
- January
4, 2000 -- Millennial Budget
Busting
- November
3, 1999 -- The Ghoulish
Federal Budget
- May 24, 1999
-- Emergency Supplemental Bill Sets Stage for Budget
'Train Wreck'
- October 19, 1998 -- Omnibus
or Ominous? Congress Fails Taxpayers
- September 28, 1998
-- Saturday Surplus Massacre
CORPORATE
WELFARE
- September 14, 2007 -- Wall Street Windfall
- March
5, 2004 -- Lie, Cheat, and Steal
- October
17, 2003 -- Freeloaders, Inc.
- April
4, 2003 -- That Sinking Feeling
- January
17, 2003 -- Close This Corporate Tax Scam
- October
11, 2002 -- A Disaster of a Plan
- July
26, 2002 -- End Federal Contracts to Corporate Traitors
- July
3, 2002 -- End Corporate Tax Havens
- June
7 , 2002 -- Big Airlines Benefit from Bailout Bill
- January
18, 2002 -- Enron: One of the Nation's Worst Tax
Scofflaws
- June
28, 2001 -- WTO: Export Subsidy Must Go
- February
16, 2001 -- Bush May Cut Some Corporate Welfare
- December
12, 2000 -- Many U.S. Corporations Avoid Paying
Taxes
- November
16, 2000 -- Congress Passes Corporate Tax Break
for Exporters
- June
15, 2000 -- Commission Would Take Aim at Corporate
Welfare
- July 16, 1999
-- Millions for Special Interests in Senate Interior
Bill
- July
8, 1999 -- Stop the Big Business
Bailout
- March
10, 1997 -- Miller Corporate Welfare Bill Ends Resource
Subsidy
- January
28, 1997 -- New Coalition Targets Corporate Welfare
- November
4, 1996 -- PAC-ing in the Subsidies
HEALTH
CARE
WASTE,
FRAUD, AND ABUSE
- November 9, 2007 -- Record Prices, Record Ripoff
- October 12, 2007 -- Drowning in Debt
- August 23, 2007 -- Katrina's Rough Ride
- July 6, 2007 -- Ruckus in Ramstein
- May 17, 2007 -- Contractors Behaving Badly
- October 24, 2006 -- Lawmakers in Glass Houses...
- August 28, 2006 -- Big Profits in the Big Easy
- March 31, 2006 -- Contractors Gone Wild
- March 6, 2006 -- Big Error Nets Billions for Big Oil
- January
13, 2006
-- The Cost of Congressional Corruption
- June
25, 2004 -- Wired for Waste
- April
30, 2004 -- Contracting Catastrophe
- December
19, 2003 -- Lumps of Coal
- October
10, 2003 -- Abominable Agency Audits
- July
10, 2003 -- Congress' Own "Big Dig"
- June
19, 2003 -- Bloated Government Gets Diet Plan
- May
15, 2003 -- Anti-Drug Dollars Up in Smoke
- December
6, 2002 -- Rewarding Political Hacks
- November
26, 2002 -- Six Feet Under and Still Getting Social
Security
- August
30, 2002 -- Caviar Crowd
- August
2, 2002 -- Hail to the Chief Executive Officer
- July
17, 2002 -- Cooking the Books at Taxpayer Expense
- May
23, 2002 -- Campaigning on the Taxpayer Buck
- September
5, 2001 -- Grave Concerns Over Social Security
- August
24, 2001 -- Feds Pay Tax Scofflaws
- May
18, 2001 -- Surfing Away Your Tax Dollars
- April
6, 2001 -- Overpayments Sabotage Housing Assistance
- September
29, 2000 -- Improper Payments Skyrocket
- August
29, 2000 -- Feds Contract Criminal Companies
MISCELLANEOUS
- April 25, 2008 -- Political Promises
- February 8, 2008 -- Same Old Song and Dance
- January 4, 2008 -- Resolutions for a Fiscally Responsible Congress
- April 13, 2007 -- Congressional Couch Potatoes
- July
24, 2004 -- An Ode to Gridlock
- May
5, 2004 -- The Costs of Secrecy
- March
19, 2004 -- Prescription Propaganda
- January
30, 2004 -- Last Line of Defense
- July
3, 2003 -- The Rich Keep Getting Richer
- February
28, 2003 -- Close the SUV Tax-Break Loophole
- May
17 , 2002 -- Chapter 11 May Bankrupt Taxpayers
- April
17 , 2002 -- Taming the IRS Pit Bulls
- March
21, 2002 -- A Costly Love Connection
- February
1 , 2002 -- It is Time for Campaign Finance Reform
- June
5, 2001 -- FAA Could Ground Taxpayers
- June
1, 2001 -- Gimmicks Cripple Tax Cut
- Friday,
May 25, 2001 -- What's Next - West 'Byrd'ginia?
- April
27, 2001 -- Land Deal Costs Taxpayers Millions
- May
10, 2000 -- Airport Rip-off Costs Taxpayers
Millions
- September
28, 1999 -- Pat Buchanan,
the Reform Party and the National Debt
- September 17, 1998
-- The Check's in the Mail
- July 20, 1998
-- Stop the IMF Sinkhole
- May
18, 1998 -- IRA Loophole Explodes at Wrong
Time
- Febuary
2, 1998 -- D.C. Convention Center Woes
- July
28, 1997 -- National Association of Broadcasters
Grabs for More
- April
24, 1996 -- Taxpayers Say Oppose Costly Student
Loan Riders
- February
22, 1996 -- Moment of Truth: Will the House repeal
the Tea Act of 1897?
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