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Essentially Wasteful: The Essential Air Service

August 03, 2011 | Fact Sheet | Transportation & Infrastructure

Congress has split town leaving an important deal unfinished. Yes, the debt ceiling got raised, but there’s another important piece of... Read More

Spending Less, Spending Smarter: Recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2012 to FY 2021

July 20, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , National Security

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts WASHINGTON, D.C.—The federal government could save... Read More

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

June 23, 2011 | Reports & Data | Energy , Natural Resources

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Corn has been subsidized since the 1930s, but it was... Read More

The Most For Our Money—Highlighting Solutions for the Nation’s Transportation Problems

May 15, 2011 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation dollars are tight. The gasoline tax that we rely on to build and maintain our transportation networks isn’t enough to meet... Read More

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit: History and Current Policy

April 29, 2011 | Policy Brief | Agriculture , Energy

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the most common biofuel in the U.S. The tax... Read More

HR 1363 FY11 Defense/CR Only Cuts $4.4B

April 06, 2011 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax , National Security

Not that it’s anything to sneeze at, but HR1363 the “Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011” that the... Read More

Ongoing TCS Analysis of the FY2012 Budget Proposal

March 10, 2011 | Policy Brief |

The FY2012 Presidential Budget Request was released this morning. TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest... Read More

Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years

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... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Tax Expenditures

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax

Tax Expenditures Total Cuts: $624 billion Cuts Include: Mortgage Interest Deduction Cut: $390 billion LIFO Cut: $52.9... Read More

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: National Security

February 10, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , National Security

NATIONAL SECURITY Total Cuts: $95 billion Total Achieved Savings: $7 billion For too long, the defense budget was considered... 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