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TCS FY2010 Earmark Analysis: Apples-to-Apples Increase in Earmarks

  Click Here for the complete database of FY2010 Earmarks  |  Click Here for a pdf version of this analysis...

North Shore Road: Final Agreement a Win for Taxpayers

An agreement was signed this week that settles a long-standing dispute about what to do with the North Shore Road in the Great Smoky...

2010 Defense Budget Winners and Losers

The day last April when Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed the Defense Department’s 2010 budget has become known as “Black Monday.”...

Bailout Bank Bio: Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Eagle Bancorp) is a bank holding company that provides general commercial and consumer banking services through its...

Bailout Bank Bio: GMAC

Founded in 1919 as the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, GMAC is an important company in both the auto and  home finance...

Coal to Liquids: A Costly Gamble

Discovered by German scientists during World War II, the Fischer-Tropsch process – referred to by the Department of Energy as...

The Percentage Depletion Allowance (PDA): A Double Giveaway for Hardrock Mining Companies

For decades, hardrock mining companies have benefited from generous tax breaks at the expense of taxpayers, all the while extracting...

The Amazing Waste: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding

Despite being expensive, inefficient, and ineffective, hydrogen fuel cell technologies have received more than $1.4 billion in federal...

Oil and Gas Royalties: Relief for Oil and Gas Companies, a Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers

Oil and gas companies that drill offshore or on public lands are required to pay for the oil and gas they remove in the form of...

Bailout Bank Bio: Security Federal Corporation

Security Federal Corporation operates as the holding company for Security Federal Bank, which provides various banking products and...

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...