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Lactose Intolerance: There is No Dairy Cliff

December 28, 2012 | Our Take | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Lactose Intolerance: There is No Dairy Cliff Don’t believe the hype. There is no milk cliff. Yes, after the new year, permanent farm law from 1949 (and 1938) will take effect, but... Read More

Defense Authorization Bill: More Money, Less Savings

December 21, 2012 | Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Defense Authorization Bill: More Money, Less Savings The Senate today passed the final version of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which, though late, will still beat the... Read More

TCS Cited in Bipartisan Congressional Letter on Defense Savings

December 10, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

TCS Cited in Bipartisan Congressional Letter on Defense Savings A group of eleven Democratic and eleven Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama and... Read More

Use Common Sense to Rappel the Fiscal Cliff

December 05, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax

Use Common Sense to Rappel the Fiscal Cliff Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a “Common Sense Proposal to Rappel the Fiscal Cliff” to the President and congressional... Read More

Don’t Toy With the Cliff: Support TCS Today

December 02, 2012 | Our Take | Budget & Tax

Don’t Toy With the Cliff: Support TCS Today Dear Friends: Congress, the administration, and the punditry at large have been bemoaning the federal government’s fiscal situation.... Read More

Drought Fails to Dry Up Farm Profits

November 30, 2012 | Our Take | Agriculture

Drought Fails to Dry Up Farm Profits Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that even after this year’s drought, farm profits are on pace to... Read More

Report shows billions risked on oil shale speculation

November 29, 2012 | Press Releases | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources

Report shows billions risked on oil shale speculation With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments.... Read More

Preserve NNSA Cost Controls in Defense Authorization Bill

November 28, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | National Security

Preserve NNSA Cost Controls in Defense Authorization Bill Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees today asking members to protect cost-controlling language for nuclear weapons in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). ... Read More

The Department of Everything

November 15, 2012 | Our Take | National Security

The Department of Everything We love to remind people that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is the world’s largest bureaucracy, employing more than the world’s... Read More

Congress: Avoid Fiscal Cliff and Go Home

November 14, 2012 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax

Congress: Avoid Fiscal Cliff and Go Home Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter today to all members of the 112th Congress outlining what they should do regarding the fiscal cliff.... 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