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

February 18, 2010 | Fact Sheet | Earmarks & Appropriations

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

North Shore Road: Final Agreement a Win for Taxpayers

February 10, 2010 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

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... Read More

2010 Defense Budget Winners and Losers

January 29, 2010 | Fact Sheet | National Security

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

Bailout Bank Bio: Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

December 11, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

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

Bailout Bank Bio: GMAC

December 11, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

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

Coal to Liquids: A Costly Gamble

December 07, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Energy

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

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

December 04, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Natural Resources

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

The Amazing Waste: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding

November 06, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Energy

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

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

November 03, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Energy

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... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Security Federal Corporation

August 06, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Budget & Tax

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

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September 13, 2013

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... Read More