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CAGW's Blog
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BE-ANGRY
September, 2005
A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste
The No Pork Pledge
by: Brandon Gustafson
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, leaving massive floods, debris, and overturned lives in its wake. The federal government could end up spending as much as $300 billion on cleanup and recovery efforts. Rebuilding in the Gulf States could cost more in the first year than the past three years of the Iraq war combined, so the Pork Patrol is on high alert to prevent special interest projects from creeping into emergency spending bills.
Reforming Davis-Bacon to Cut Waste and Help Workers
by: Graham McLaughlin
It is very difficult to justify any bill that was introduced to combat ???cheap colored labor,??? as Rep. Clayton Allgood (D-Ala.) said in support of the Davis-Bacon Act in 1931. The Act requires private contractors to pay the ???prevailing wage??? of an area to all employees on federally funded construction projects costing more than $2,000. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that the mandate inflates the cost of applicable government projects by 15 percent and costs taxpayers more than $1 billion annually, not including the added $100 million in administrative costs. That makes green another problematic color in association with this law.
FEMA's Managerial Disasters
by: Daniel Auger
On August 29, Hurricane Katrina came ashore and wreaked havoc on the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing billions of dollars in damage and overturning the lives of thousands of citizens. The recovery may cost as much as $300 billion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has the primary responsibility of ensuring that the money reaches those most affected by Katrina. However, the agency's current and past problems may leave taxpayers unwilling to entrust them with the hundreds of billions of dollars they are set to administer.
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