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The WasteWatcherGoogle under Fire
Google is the world’s largest search engine, and Android by some estimates is the most popular mobile platform, but the company is facing several problems related to privacy and security, as well as the validity of claims made in regard to software...
The WasteWatcherThe Pig Book is Dead, Long Live the Pig Book
Every year around tax day, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) holds its infamous press conference to release the annual Congressional Pig Book, which highlights the most egregious earmarks stuffed by members of Congress into the 12...
The WasteWatcherCongress Should Plug the Holes Before It Raises the Roof
As high levels of federal spending persist, the nation is on pace to reach its statutory $14.294 trillion debt limit in mid-May. Debates over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling as well as whether or not to attach provisions to reduce the...
The WasteWatcherObama’s Budget Ignores More Than It Mends
On April 13, 2011, after calls from both sides of the political aisle for leadership on America’s ballooning deficits and debt, President Obama delivered what has been dubbed “The Debt Speech” at George Washington University. It was widely...
Press ReleaseCAGW Issues Weekly Spending Cut: Legal Services Corporation
CAGW Issues Weekly Spending Cut: Legal Services Corporation
Press ReleaseCAGW Issues Spending Cut of the Week: USMC's V-22 Osprey
CAGW Issues Spending Cut of the Week: USMC's V-22 Osprey
The WasteWatcherTax Dollars Disappear into Black Hole
March is National Black Hole Awareness Month, a perfect time to match science with spending. While scientists continue to identify black holes in the far reaches of space, the closest and most deadly vortex is the nation’s $14.3 trillion national...
The WasteWatcherA-Maize-ing Waste: Why Ethanol Subsidies Must Be Repealed
“I once was lost but now am found; Was blind, but now I see” the amazing waste in the ethanol subsidy program, admitted Vice President Al Gore. A November 27, 2010, Wall Street Journal article confirmed that the ethanol cheerleader and environmental...
The WasteWatcherFuture Shock
In the 1986 ad known as “The Deficit Trials,” a young prosecutor speaks on behalf of a poor, tattered generation that by 2017 has suffered the consequences of failing to address what was then a $2 trillion national debt. Today, at $14.3 trillion, or...
The WasteWatcherEarmark Moratorium Backlash
After years of feeding at the trough, it appears that some members of Congress are not adapting well to the newly imposed two-year earmark moratorium. Despite affirmation by congressional leaders that earmarks will not exist in the 112th Congress,...
The WasteWatcherFederal Real Property: Buried Alive!
When it comes to property management, the federal government is a bit of a pack rat. It likes to purchase and hoard a lot of real estate. Due to a combination of bad incentives and typical government bloat, selling real estate is a long, costly...
Press ReleaseCAGW Issues Weekly Spending Cut Alert: Community Development Block Grants
CAGW Issues Weekly Spending Cut Alert: Community Development Block Grants
