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CAGW's Blog
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BE-ANGRY
October, 2007
A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste
Pork is Alive and Well
by: Sen. Tom Coburn and Tom Schatz
The new fiscal year dawned on October 1 without a federal budget and the Congress graciously granted itself another six weeks to complete its constitutional mandate to pass all 12 appropriations bills. If it feels like d??j?? vu, that's because it is.
First Class Waste
by: Sean Kennedy
According to a September 28, 2007 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, federal employees have been flying first and business classes more than they should. The GAO reviewed credit card records for air travel purchases of federal employees between 2005 and 2006 and discovered that agencies spent $230 million on 53,000 premium-class tickets. In more than two-thirds of the cases, the high-cost airfare was not sanctioned or justifiable, costing taxpayers $146 million annually.
Drug Importation Consternation
by: Leslie K. Paige
How quickly the political landscape changes. The political popularity of allowing the importation of pharmaceuticals from abroad, especially Canada, is not quite as front-burner as it used to be. And that is a positive development.
A Taxpayer CO2tastrophe
by: Elizabeth Wright
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) is proposing a 50 cent per gallon tax to be levied on gasoline and a $50 per ton carbon tax for coal, petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas to help reverse global warming. Consumers will see tax increases, not only on already high-priced gasoline and other energy sources, but also on food and manufactured goods.
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