Common Sense Cuts

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $1.2-1.5...

Super Cuts for the Super Committee

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $.12-1.5...

Report Highlights Significant Savings in Essential Air Service Program

Taxpayers for Common Sense is pleased to join National Resources Defense Council, Reason Foundation, and the American Bus Assocation in a...

After 9/11: A Decade of Watching War on Terror Spending

This week marks the ten-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Our national security...

Comparing Proposals for a National Infrastructure Bank

With extension of the nation's surface transportation program currently being debated in the halls of Congress, policymakers are...

Transportation: Gridlock may lead to Crashes Ahead

The daunting challenges Congress faces in the next month regarding the nation's transportation programs when it returns next week: 1....

Taxpayer Guide to Pentagon Contracting

Tracking contracts in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is daunting. DOD purchases more than $1 billion of goods and services every...

Green Scissors 2011

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which...

Myth v. Fact: Oil and Gas Companies’ Effective Tax Rate

Oil and gas companies have complained that they pay an effective tax rate of 41%....

Essentially Wasteful: The Essential Air Service

Congress has split town leaving an important deal unfinished. Yes, the debt ceiling got raised, but there’s another important piece of...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...