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Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the U.S. could avoid the fiscal cliff with cuts almost twice the size of sequestration.

How to Avoid Fiscal Cliff With Less Pain CNBC Mon 01 Oct 12 | 04:50 PM ET Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the... Read More

How to cut $2 trillion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense

October 02, 2012 | Washington Business Journal | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

How to cut $2 trillion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense Washington Business Journal Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 6:20am... Read More

Fiscal Cliff: Candidates Fiddle While America Does a Slow Burn

Fiscal Cliff: Candidates Fiddle While America Does a Slow Burn October 2, 2012   “Continued split government is just one reason to... Read More

Taxpayer group maps out an escape plan for 2013’s ‘fiscal cliff’

Taxpayer group maps out an escape plan for 2013's 'fiscal cliff' By Erik Wasson - 10/01/12 12:42 PM ET   The nonpartisan Taxpayers for... Read More

US group urges $2 trillion alternative to fiscal cliff “time bomb”

US  group urges 2 trillion altenative to fiscal cliff "time bomb" By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:55pm EDT (Reuters)... Read More

Bipartisan “Green Scissors” Campaign Aims to Save the Environment—and Taxpayer Dollars

September 20, 2012 | Scientific American | Agriculture , Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: What is the “Green Scissors” campaign, which I understand can help the environment and has... Read More

Split Among House Republicans Over How Deeply to Cut May Delay Farm Bill (New York Times)

July 12, 2012 | Agriculture

By Ron Nixon WASHINGTON — The first major overhaul of the nation’s nutrition and farm program is in jeopardy because of a split in the ranks... Read More

Greening the Federal Budget - and Saving a Bundle

June 26, 2012 | The Fiscal Times | Agriculture , Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

June 27, 2012 -- A leading environmental group, a centrist taxpayer watchdog and a libertarian small-government think tank on Tuesday... Read More

Farm Bill yields mixed crop of gains and losses for Garden State (Asbury Park Press)

July 28, 2008 | Agriculture

By MICHELE S. BYERS After two years of debate, Congress passed the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, otherwise known as the Farm... Read More

Bountiful Harvest: Farm lobby Beats Back Assault on Subsidies

March 26, 2008 | Agriculture

Wall Street Journal By LAUREN ETTER and GREG HITT March 27, 2008; Page A1 With grain prices soaring, farm income at record highs and... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More