Prime Cuts 2025 is a wide-ranging list of recommendations to reduce the record national debt. It covers all areas of the federal government, drawing on longstanding and new proposals from CAGW, and those set forth by both Democratic and Republican administrations and members of Congress, as well as nonpartisan sources. If adopted, the 512 recommendations […]
telecom-unplugged
Telecom Unplugged: Ushering in a New Digital Era Chapter 1: The Taxing Problem of Internet Taxation Chapter 2: Broadband Deployment in the United States Chapter 3: Over the Airwaves Chapter 4: Who’s in Charge? Chapter 5: Updating Telecommunications Law and Removing Regulatory Burdens INTRODUCTION In October 2007, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) published […]
Intellectual_Property
Intellectual Property: Making It Personal 1. The Changing Face of Piracy 2. The Dangers of Counterfeit Drugs 3. Music and Movies and Torrents, Oh My 4. Trademarks: Iconic Icons 5. Patents: To Create; Perhaps to Use, Perhaps to License, Perhaps to Litigate 6. Electronics, Software, and National Security: Pulling the Plug on Phony Parts […]
ISSUE BRIEFS-TEMP
2025 Critical Waste Issues for the 119th Congress Federal Budget: In Dire Need of Reform 2024 BEAD: Broadband or Bust The 340B Drug Pricing Program Needs a New Prescription 2023 The F-35 Does Not Need an Alternate Engine Tobacco Harm Reduction Products Should Be Promoted Not Prohibited Fields of Failure: The Scandal of Taxpayer Funded […]
Franchise Fees Raise Barriers to Broadband
Courts have held the line against franchise fee abuse. The FCC can protect consumers by ending the practice once and for all.
Obamacare’s Ten Year Anniversary Goes Unnoticed
It is hard to believe that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was ten years old last month on March 23, 2010.
Health Care Choices Proposal: A Plan to Return Power Back to the People and States
In June, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared that August should be healthcare month. The senator would prefer to talk about how to prop up the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), or perhaps Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act that would bankrupt the country, anything to avoid voting for President Trump’s […]
The Jetsons and the Internet of Things
“The Jetsons” was only on television for one season, 55 years ago, but it produced a lasting impression about an interconnected future. The show didn’t use the term “Internet of Things,” but much of what took place fits into today’s technology.
CAGW Names Gov. Charlie Baker September Porker of the Month
CAGW Names Gov. Charlie Baker September Porker of the Month
CAGW Names Gov. Charlie Baker September Porker of the Month
CAGW Names Gov. Charlie Baker September Porker of the Month