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CAGW's Blog
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BE-ANGRY
May, 2009
A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste
Blue Dogs and PAYGO Living in La La Land
by: Leslie Paige
On April 28, 2009, members of the so-called fiscally conservative ???Blue Dog??? Coalition introduced H.R. 2116, the ???Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2009.??? According to their website, the measure ???would strengthen Congress' commitment to fiscal responsibility and accountability by reinstituting statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules. The legislation, which would require both the House and Senate to abide by PAYGO rules if enacted into law, has been a cornerstone of the Blue Dogs' efforts to restore fiscal discipline to the federal government.???
Don't Ground the Presidential Helicopter Program
by: David Williams
The presidential helicopter has always provided the media with a picturesque backdrop for the president. One of the most famous images is President Nixon waving goodbye to the White House for the last time on August 9, 1974 from the top step of the helicopter.
Stimulus Not So Stimulating
by: Tom Schatz
The White House announcement on May 20 of 100 projects in 100 days of the stimulus, a plan that was intended to be ???timely, temporary, and targeted,??? was greeted with great skepticism, including an ongoing dispute about the amount of money that has been spent and how many jobs have (or have not) been created.
Waxman and Markey Attempt to Go Green, But Put Taxpayers in the Red
by: Erica Gordon
Global warming is waning as the topic de jour. Americans are focused on other priorities, especially when considering how much 'being green' will really cost. An April 2009 CBS News/New York Times poll showed that health care, education, and Social Security all took precedence over energy when the economy was excluded. Similarly, a March 2009 Gallup Poll found that ???a majority of Americans say economic growth should be given the priority, even if the environment suffers to some extent.??? In spite of popular opinion, the Obama administration has vowed to push its environmental agenda. Congress agreed, passing the largest budget in American history, which includes provisions for new climate change legislation.
Medicare/Social Security Insolvency
by: Sean Kennedy
While the Obama Administration ratchets up support for government-run healthcare, which would be a new entitlement program, the government trustees who monitor the nation's two largest entitlement programs, Medicare and Social Security, have reported that they are both less than a decade away from insolvency.
CAGW's FOIA Project
by: David Williams
On February 17, 2009 President Obama signed an economic ???stimulus??? bill, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). More than $787 billion is slated to be spent through ARRA to help revive the economy.
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