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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

Earmark Terms Glossary

July 06, 2011 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations

Categories of Earmarks Disclosed Lawmaker: Earmarks Earmarks that appear in the explanatory statement of an appropriations bill for... 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

Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads

May 31, 2011 | Reports & Data | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads June 1, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense and Smart Growth America released a report highlighting smarter investments in road repair and... Read More

Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck With Massive Subsidies While Oil and Gas Profits Soar

May 17, 2011 | Reports & Data | Energy , Natural Resources

Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck With Massive Subsidies While Oil and Gas Profits Soar There are a couple of basic truths about oil and gas companies today--they are highly profitable, heavily subsidized, and well-connected... 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

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

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General

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

General Total Cuts: $421+ million Cuts Include: Shift Congressional Pensions to Defined Contribution Overseas Private Investment... 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