Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes
July 23, 2013 |
The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide $452 million in taxpayer subsidies to help license up to two experimental... 
Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge
June 26, 2013 |
Summary
Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project...
Essential Air Service Dataset
April 04, 2013 |
The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was...
Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013
March 20, 2013 |
The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions....
Taxpayer Subsidies for Small Modular Reactors
February 27, 2013 > Updated: July 25, 2013 |
The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide hundreds of millions in subsidies to commercialize small modular nuclear...
Golden Fleece Awarded to Risk Management Agency for Risking Taxpayer Dollars
December 13, 2012 |
Taxpayers for Common Sense awarded the Golden Fleece to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency for wasting taxpayer funds on risk management education for crops ranging from Christmas trees to turf grass....
Fiscal Cliff Fix
December 05, 2012 |
Congress and the President do not need to plunge taxpayers off a “Fiscal Cliff”. Common sense solutions can make government work and put the country on sound footing to deal with our deficits and debt....
Haves and Have-Nots in Federal Crop Insurance
October 31, 2012 |
Federally subsidized crop insurance has become the largest taxpayer support for agriculture. But not all parts of the agriculture...
Agricultural Safety Net 101
October 02, 2012 |
The agricultural safety net refers to the various federal programs and policies that insulate agricultural producers from the costs of conducting business....
Green Scissors Campaign 101
October 02, 2012 |
A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition....
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