Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck With Massive Subsidies While Oil and Gas Profits Soar
May 17, 2011 |
There are a couple of basic truths about oil and gas companies today--they are highly profitable, heavily subsidized, and well-connected... 
The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit: History and Current Policy
April 29, 2011 |
The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the most common biofuel in the U.S. The tax...
Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2012 Budget Proposal
March 10, 2011 |
The FY2012 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning. TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest...
Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years
February 12, 2011 |
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
TCS Recommended Budget Cut List No. 2: Total Cuts $205+ billion
February 10, 2011 |
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Energy
February 10, 2011 |
Taxpayers have been subsidizing the same mature, polluting energy technologies for decades. Many projects and outdated programs still...
TCS Recommended Budget Cuts for the 112th Congress
January 11, 2011 |
The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...
TCS and the Grocery Manufacturers Association Hold a Briefing on the Impacts and Future of the Corn
November 17, 2010 |
Also in attendance is Iowa State University economist Bruce Babcock.
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"Let the VEETC Expire:...
Common Sense Reforms for the 112th Congress
October 28, 2010 |
As the dawn of the 112th Congress draws near, there are several reforms Congress should enact, regardless of which party is in control....
Green Scissors 2010
August 23, 2010 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in...
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