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Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Smart Play Is Stay Out of the Way CAGW’s issue brief […]
Eliminating taxes on overtime pay in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) fulfills one of President Trump’s campaign promises. Individuals with hourly or non-professional jobs or earning an annual salary income less than $35,568, will be able to file for a federal income tax deduction capped at $12,500 for single filers and $25,000 for […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. The Taxpayers’ State of the Union CAGW President Tom Schatz wrote “The Taxpayers State of the […]
The United States has not been to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. On December 11, 2017, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1 to return U.S. astronauts to the Moon, but that has still not happened. The initiative, later rebranded Artemis, was built upon multiple legacy National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) components […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. CAGW Names Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger February 2026 Porker of the Month Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger […]
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress enacted several laws intended to provide relief for businesses and individual, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The CARES Act included an Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) for businesses and tax-exempt organizations that paid wages […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Delivers Meaningful Tax Relief for Seniors In addition to […]
In 1995, the House of Representatives passed a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution, but it failed in the Senate by a single vote. The budget deficit in fiscal year (FY) 1995 was $164 billion. It is now $38.7 trillion. On February 11, 2026, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its budget outlook for […]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which extended and enhanced the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, included other significant benefits to taxpayers, like fulfilling the promise President Trump made during the 2024 presidential election campaign to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. The OBBBA allows taxpayers aged 65 and over to deduct between […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Taxpayers Win Big When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Cannot File Their Taxes for Them […]
