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Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter

May 08, 2012 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter A report from the Project on Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense published May 8, 2012 including recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2013 to FY 2022 Deficit Reduction $688 Billion.... Read More

Farm Safety Net Proposals that Fail to Save

April 22, 2012 | Agriculture

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a report that will help you study up for this Wednesday’s Senate Farm Bill mark-up... Read More

California HSR Project Cuts Costs but Federal Taxpayer Still on the Hook

April 05, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

In response to growing public opposition, questionable project merit, and an increasingly bloated cost, the California High Speed Rail... Read More

Big Oil Tops $150 Billion in Profits in 2011

March 01, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

With annual financial reports being released this time of year, the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of... Read More

FY13 Defense Budget Scorecard

January 27, 2012 | Fact Sheet | National Security

The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact... Read More

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Too Costly for Taxpayers

January 18, 2012 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)... Read More

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support

November 09, 2011 | Reports & Data | Agriculture , Energy

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support Taxpayers for Common Sense released today a report detailing the heavily subsidized biofuels industry's political clout. The biofuels... Read More

Big Oil, Big Profits

October 30, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Another quarter, another unsurprising set of reports of huge profits for the oil companies. Continuing to be some of the most profitable... Read More

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 - $1.2-1.5... Read More

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

August 12, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

              MYTH: OIL AND GAS COMPANIES HAVE A HIGH EFFECTIVE TAX RATE “The effective tax rate for the industry is... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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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