Federal Government Sets Record for Red Ink in March
The federal government’s spending binge continues to set the kind of records that are best avoided. The most recent: in the month of March, the government spent $660 billion more…
Biden Administration Looking at $3 Trillion in New Government Spending
Fresh off passing a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” the Biden administration has decided to go even bigger with its next proposals: a $3 trillion effort that covers everything from…
Pentagon Fails Another Financial Audit, but Urges Patience as it Gets its Books in Order
The Department of Defense has failed yet another financial audit, the third since such audits began in 2018. But according to the Pentagon’s comptroller, Thomas Harker, there is hope the…
Newspapers Still Hopeful About Getting Federal Bailouts
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Among the thousands of businesses seeking government loans to help keep their operations and payrolls intact: newspapers. But not all of them. As…
Feds Waste Money on This While Debt Continues to Grow
Article from Fox News by Alex Pappas. An anti-government waste group has identified millions of taxpayer dollars allegedly frittered away on “absurd nature-related earmarks,” including $9 million to “quarantine fruit flies” and $13.8 million…
Pelosi’s Wasteful Spending Exposed
Article from Town Hall by Katie Pavlich. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats are pretty enraged President Trump cancelled their taxpayer funded trip overseas — in the middle…
The Postal Service is Losing an Incredible Amount of Money
Article from Reason by Eric Boehm. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) finished fiscal year 2018 nearly $4 billion in the red—a whopping 44 percent increase in losses from the previous…
Senate Blocks Rand Paul’s Attempt To Stop Funding Pedophiles
Article from Breitbart by Kristina Wong. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) last week tried to block billions in U.S. taxpayer funds from going to the Afghan military and police forces unless…
Wasteful Government Spending Should Anger All Of Us
Article from The Daily Caller by Andrew Kerr. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday released its eighth annual report on wasteful government spending in the form of fragmentation, duplication…
California Wastes Taxpayer Dollars, AGAIN
Article from Reason by Brian Doherty. In news that should come as no surprise to students of government infrastructure boondoggles, this week the California High Speed Rail Authority admits that…