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Don’t Use Syria to Pump Up Pentagon Spending

September 04, 2013 | CNN | Budget & Tax , National Security

(CNN) -- A number of conservative hawks, including Senator John McCain and House Armed Services Committee chair Howard P. "Buck" McKeon,... Read More

The Pentagon’s Place in this Fall’s Budget Battle

September 04, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax , National Security

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the U.S. will reach its $16.7 trillion borrowing limit in mid-October. Unless Congress acts, a big part of... Read More

Letter to the Editor: Congess Adds to the Pentagon’s Budget Bloat

September 03, 2013 | The Washington Post | Earmarks & Appropriations , National Security

Walter Pincus hit the nail on the head with his Aug. 27 Fine Print column, “The defense appropriations shuffle.” There are still billions of... Read More

Letters to the Editor: Learning the Lessons From Hurricane Sandy

September 03, 2013 | The New York Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

To the Editor: Your editorial about the report from the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force hit the nail on the head: better preparation... Read More

Congress Needs to Clean House

August 29, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Budget & Tax , Earmarks & Appropriations

This week at Taxpayers for Common Sense we are taking advantage of the slow pace of Washington while Congress is out of town to do a big,... Read More

SAVANNAH PORT:  Slowdown Dims Aura of Gaeorgia’s Ports

August 26, 2013 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Transportation & Infrastructure

BRUNSWICK --- More than 635,000 Kias, Toyotas and Caterpillar tractors moved in and out of this brawny port last year. Wood pellets from... Read More

We Don’t Need Earmarks to Get Congress Working Again

August 22, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Earmarks & Appropriations

As long time political observers lament the failure of Congress to get anything done, every once in a while you hear a call for the return... Read More

A Call for Tax Reform Transparency

August 22, 2013 | Capital Insider | Budget & Tax

For the first time in nearly three decades, Congress is trying a blank slate approach to tax reform. But a big part of the process has been... Read More

Bloomberg: Wal-Mart Connection Means Taxpayers Pay More for Rogers Airport Tower

August 21, 2013 | Arkansas Business | Transportation & Infrastructure

Bloomberg yesterday took a look at the Rogers Municipal Airport, home to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s fleet of corporate jets, and finds the... Read More

4 Examples Of Corporate Welfare In Action

August 21, 2013 | MintPress News | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

While corporations are often painted as the independent drivers of the U.S. economic system, the beacons of small government success aren’t... 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