One in five dollars squandered on improper payments. The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than $110 billion in tax credits over the past decade to people who didn't qualify for them, a Treasury report has revealed. The Earned Income Tax Credits were intended for poor working families but the report showed that one in five ... MORE
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Showing posts with label waste. Show all posts
John Stossel: Shutdown Theater
This is where you come in. Government wants you to play a role in the "shutdown" of the federal government. Your role is to panic. Republicans and Democrats both assume that shutting some government is a terrible thing. The press concurs. "Shutdown threatens fragile economy," warns Politico. "Federal workers turn to prayer," ... MORE
L. Brent Bozell: The Ministry Of Confusion
Observations on official tail-chasing. I can think of one reason to end the federal shutdown: There are a lot of stupid people now roaming the streets. The Feds, however, do not have a monopoly on idiocy. Bureaucratic bumbling can be found wherever there's large government, even on the state, and yes, on the county level. ... MORE
Over 93% Of EPA Employees Considered 'Non-Essential'
by Tony Lee. More than nine out of every ten employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are considered "non-essential" and have been furloughed in the federal government's shutdown. Reuters obtained an EPA guidance in which the agency said it would "classify 1,069 employees, out of 16,205, as essential," which is about 6.6% ... MORE
Emily Goff: The Top 10 Ways Washington Wastes Money
Lawmakers have lost control. Whether it’s negotiating over how much to spend on government operations or the government’s borrowing limit, we hear a familiar refrain in Washington these days: There is absolutely no room to cut federal spending. This is not the case. Many people remember the millions spent on the infamous “Bridge ... MORE
Fed Workers Paid $155M To Work For Labor Unions
by Alissa Tabirian. Federal employees were paid more than $155 million of taxpayer dollars in 2011 for spending more than 3.4 million hours of "official time" on labor union activities that fell outside their assigned government duties, according to a survey by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). "Voluntary membership in ... MORE
IRS Pays Over 200 Employees To Work Full-Time For Union
by Eliana Johnson. The Internal Revenue Service pays over 200 full-time employees not to
conduct audits or process tax returns but to work for a
federal employees’ union, according to documents
released by the agency in response to a Freedom of Information Act
request by the advocacy group Americans for Limited Government.
Forty-three ... MORE
U.S. State Dept Spends $630,000 On Facebook "Likes"
Your tax dollars at work. The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of "likes" on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures. A scathing report by the department's independent watchdog took the coordinators of its social media outreach policy to task saying ... MORE
The War On Pot Is Insanely Racist & Insanely Expensive
by Mike Riggs. Across the United States--north, east, south, west--blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. That's the conclusion of a new ACLU report that compares arrest data from 945 counties across the country. "In 2010, the Black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 716 per 100,000, while ... MORE
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Louis Woodhill: The Folly Of Government Venture Capital
Another $171 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes. If you go to www.fiskerautomotive.com,
you see a picture of a red Fisker Karma sedan and the words, “Welcome.
New Site coming soon.” Ominously, if you click on the “Tomorrow” link
at the top of the page, nothing happens. In fact, none of the links on
the page produce any ... MORE
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green,
Obama,
politics,
spending,
subsidies,
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No More Tax Dollars For Presidential Libraries
by Gene Healy. Last week, at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, President Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter put partisanship aside and descended on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas to say nice things about our 43rd president, (They're all in the same racket, after all.) ... MORE
VIDEO: Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do
Sex first, then arrest hooker. Your tax dollars at work!
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law enforcement,
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John Stossel: A Post-Post Office World
A system of cumbersome inefficiency. Even parts of government that look like a business never get run with
the efficiency of a business. Just look at the post office. They buy commercials and tout their services the way private businesses do. They offer a service that customers want. But a real business can't get away with losing ... MORE
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monopoly,
post office,
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waste
DHS Explains Plans To Buy 1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo
It is all about saving taxpayer money. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to a letter dated November 13, 2012 from Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) regarding the agency's ammunition purchases. Sen. Coburn published the response on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ... MORE
Budget Cuts Could Pull Navy Out Of The War On Drugs
Tail-chasing activities may have to be curbed. U.S. Navy frigates will stop patrolling for drug runners by April because of forced sequestration budget cuts, a Navy spokesman told USNI News on Monday. On Saturday, U.S. 4th Fleet was informed by Navy leadership it would suspend deployments of two ships—part of the Joint ... MORE
A Fisher: 6 Unbelievably Dumb Congressional Hearings
Sex, violence and satan. In the wake of last December's school shooting, Sen. Jay Rockefeller
(D-West Virginia) has proposed
yet another congressional study on violent video games (he's
joined in his effort by
Nebraska Republican Sen. Mike Johanns). Such studies are
typically accompanied by hearings where members of the
World's Greatest ... MORE
John Stossel: Shopping Around For A Better Life
Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as models of failure, to warn us what happens if we believe those who say, "Government can." Moving to California was once the dream for many Americans. ... MORE
EBT Abuse: Government's Cash-For-Drunkards Program
by Michelle Malkin. From New York to New Mexico and across the dependent plains, welfare recipients are getting sauced on the public dime. Drunk, besotted, bombed. But while politicians pay lip service to cutting government waste, fraud and abuse, they're doing very little in practice to stop the EBT party excesses. Where's the compassion for taxpayers? ... MORE
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