2008

January: The Sound and Fury Over Payday Lending; Rep. Rogers’ “Road to Nowhere”; IRS Security Vulnerabilities; Bingeing on Taxpayer Dollars; Alaska Begins to Grow Up

February: Europe Assaults U.S. Businesses; Murtha Named Porker of the Year; Young Squeals at Nomination; Moran-ic Statements; Three Coins in a Fountain

March: Rhetorical Flim-Flam; Corn Ethanol Not a Panacea; "Emergency" Supplementals; Federal Government - The Ideal Tenant?

April: Coconut Road Outrage; Fill’er Up with Politics; South Dakotans Should Choo Choo Choose Their Own Destiny; What’s in Your Wallet?; 2008 Pig Book Pork

May: The Government’s Net Loss; Extreme Makeover: San Joaquin River; Pentagon’s Travel System Still Grounded; Earmarks Invade DC

June: Un-FIT; Deepwater in Hot Water; A Challenge That Should Not Be Met; Diss-Orderly Conduct

July: Deadly Earmarks; GSE Monster Mash-up; Special Interests Before Taxpayers; Earmark Disclosure: Slow but Steady

August: Incensed Over Incentives; Staying Healthy by Eliminating Waste; Caution: Porkers at Work; Sen. Stevens Indicted

September:  Treasury’s Toxic Waste Dump…on Taxpayers; Medicare Fraud: Not a New Story; Old Porkers Learn New Tricks; Department of Defense Delays Air Force Tanker Contract Decision…Again; FCC Takes First Steps in Enforcing Net Neutrality

October:  ACORN:  Taxpayer Seed Money Underwriting Corruption and Voter Fraud?, Gasp!, Railing Against High-Speed Rail, European Resource Bank Update, 2008 Prime Cuts is a Guide to Cut Spending

November:  Fat Corporate Welfare Payouts; The “Not-So-Big Three” Beg for a Bailout; New Grace Commission Needed; The 111th Congress:  House of Card Check; The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars; RAC-king Up Medicare Savings

December:  Troubles With TARP; 580,000 Square-Foot Money Pit; USDA Makes $49 Million in Payments to Ineligible Individuals; The Mayors’ Stocking Stuffers; CAGW’s Project: Privacy