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For Immediate Release
October 28, 2011
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Leslie K. Paige |
202-467-5334 |
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Luke Gelber |
202-467-5318 |
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CAGW Releases November WasteWatcher
A Monthly Dispatch From Citizens Against Government Waste
Government in the Grocery Cart: $15 Billion to Influence Consumer Behavior
by: Erica Gordon
The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is wrought with
onerous mandates, tax increases, Medicare cuts, unfunded Medicaid
expansions, and numerous budgetary gimmicks. One egregious provision in
the PPACA included $500 million in FY 2010 for the Prevention and
Public Health Fund. On February 9, 2011, Department of Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced an additional $750
million “investment” for FY 2011 in the Prevention and Public Health
Fund. These new dollars will “help prevent tobacco use, obesity, heart
disease, stroke, and cancer; increase immunizations; and empower
individuals and communities with tools and resources for local
prevention and health initiatives.”
FCC Delivers a Turkey for Thanksgiving
by: Deborah Collier
Just
in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Federal Communication
Commission (FCC) is dropping a regulatory turkey on everyone’s doorstep.
On November 20, 2011, the final rules of the “Open Internet Order,”
also known as net neutrality, become final. These new regulations will
significantly affect the ability of Internet providers to adopt new
technology and adapt to the ever-changing needs of subscribers.
Time to De-friend Bad Federal Contractors
by: PJ Austin
Waste
and fraud among federal government contractors and vendors is nothing
new. Congress after Congress has tried to put an end to the abuses to
no avail. Although the number of contractors added to the Excluded
Parties List System (identifying parties excluded from receiving federal
contracts and other benefits, usually as a result of fraudulent or
improper behavior) has increased in recent years, an October 2010
Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that the lack of
diligence by several federal agencies to root out waste and fraud is
costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
Dismantle the USDA’s Milk Marketing Order System
by: Leslie Paige
Reports
on the progress of Congress’s Joint Select Committee on Deficit
Reduction in its quest to identify $1.2 trillion in savings by November
23, 2011 are decidedly mixed. An open hearing on October 26 yielded
some hand-wringing, but little in the way of new information about the
final outcome. An October 27, 2011 article in The Hill hints that the
committee may be deadlocked.
Using Broadband Spectrum Auctions to Reduce the Deficit
by: Deborah Collier
As the White House, Congress and particularly the Joint Select
Committee on Deficit Reduction look for ways to reduce spending and
enhance revenues, close scrutiny is being given to both the allocation
of broadband spectrum and the use of voluntary spectrum auctions to
raise revenue for deficit reduction.
Congress and the Criminal CLASS
by: Luke Gelber
When
President Obama signed his contentious healthcare bill, the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), on March 23, 2010, his
administration and a Democratic Congress had spent months convincing
many lawmakers, pundits, and voters that expanding subsidized healthcare
was not only the right thing to do, but that it would be beneficial for
taxpayers in the long term...
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