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These are just some of the ways the federal government spent your tax. Rsc offers solutions to boost government efficiency during pandemic. What are some examples of wasteful government spending. The waste report is an ongoing project to catalog egregious examples of wasteful spending throughout the u.
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At, we work hard to capture and post all disclosed spending at every level of government federal, state, and local. The project has a long and troubled history of wasteful spending. Programs that should be devolved to state and local governments. Congress and the american people should pay special attention to the places where the annual pig book overlaps with wasteful policies and programs identified by the heritage foundations. And this edition of the bumper book of government waste fires the starting gun of our latest campaign. In the 2018 pig book, cagw cites 232 earmarks, marking a 42. Fighting to protect taxpayers is about more than any one single issue. Citizens against government waste s cagw 2019 congressional pig book exposes 282 earmarks, an increase of 21. Dec 22, 2015 there is an embarrassment of riches to choose from in picking seven good examples of the most wasteful or ridiculous government spending in 2015, thanks to flake, lankford and steve ellis of. For instance, maritime subsidies supposedly help maintain a fleet for an emergency. The 2014 tome is chock full of government waste ranging from the redundant to the downright absurd. Citizens against government wastes cagw justreleased 2019 congressional pig.
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