Many consumers of information accept the burden of the cost of the American war in Afghanistan, a war undertaken against al Qaeda and eventually morphing into a war solely against the Taliban, al Q...
The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW's annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. The 2009 Pig Book identified 10,160 projects at a cost of $19.6 billion in the 12 Appropr...
The Porker of the Month Hall of Shame
Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interests...
Implementing the Waxman-Markey legislation will be very costly, even given the rather optimistic assumptions about how effective it will be in reducing CO2 emissions and how accommodating the econo...
Lexington’s July Fourth festivities coverage beginning with the July third concert at Gratz Park / Transylvania University, progressed to the Bluegrass 10,000 race at 7:30 a.m., July fourth, just m...
Official full text of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Budget for Fiscal Year July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Has organizational finance flow charts, details, summaries, and compari...
Members of the NYS Stimulus Oversight Working Group represent many different viewpoints. We do not necessarily agree on how the stimulus money should be spent or if it is the “correct” size. Memb...
A short analysis of the problems caused to society by having to support a large number of welfare-dependent people. Why should our tax contribution be financing the 'early retirement' of spongers. ...
Veterans walk into colleges every day and are told that their military transcripts and education is worthless.
The government does not make any effort to encourage colleges to take military tran...
History matters. Try as individuals and institutions
may for a fresh start, it is impossible to make a clean
and complete break from their pasts. Nor is it advisable,
insofar as our histories re...
Letter from United Steel Workers president to Secretary of Treasury Paulson:
"I have enclosed with this letter a copy of the analysis that we prepared which values the investment of the taxpayer...