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Oh, good: Latest GAO report details billions more in wasteful/duplicative spending

Erika Johnsen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:21:29 +0000

Dagger.

Those $85 billion in sequester cuts over which the Obama administration has been trying their darndest to whip everyone into a national freakout, insisting that employees will need to be furloughed, air traffic control towers are going to be shut down, and the White House can’t afford historical tours? Practically peanuts compared to the amount [...]

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GAO: Yeah, ObamaCare may end up adding $6.2 trillion to long-term deficit

Erika Johnsen — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:01:51 +0000

Ah, memories. “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits — either now or in the future. (Applause.) I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, period.” But as we’re all painfully aware by now, “If you like your health [...]

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Johanns demands resignation of Cordray, NLRB recess appointments

Ed Morrissey — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:01:06 +0000

Huge.

I missed this over the weekend, but it’s worth noting today. Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) demanded the resignation of all Obama administration officials that received recess appointments, after the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled them invalid on Friday afternoon: A Republican senator is demanding that officials appointed by President Obama last year step [...]

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1-800-FOOD-STAMPS: How states expand eligibility for welfare program

Rob Bluey — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:01:31 +0000

Costs have quadrupled in 10 years

Getting food-stamp benefits can now be as easy as picking up an informational brochure or calling a toll-free number, according to a new report out this week from the Government Accountability Office. More than 40 states have lowered eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, resulting in a vast expansion of the welfare state [...]

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Making bad government a little better

Dustin Siggins — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:21:21 +0000

Fraud, waste, abuse, duplication, and stupidity...

For proponents of a more responsible government, this week offered both good and bad news. The good news: on Wednesday, a Detroit Free Press article noted that since 2007 “Medicare fraud task forces operating in Detroit and eight U.S. cities with high rates of health care fraud have charged 1,300 defendants with more than $4 [...]

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GAO report: At least $1.4 billion of Obama’s stimulus went to tax cheats

Erika Johnsen — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:01:09 +0000

The costs of federal beneficence.

I wish I could summon the energy it takes to be outraged, but at this point I’m so jaded by the endemic inefficiency, ineptitude, and downright corruption of the federal government, it would take a lot more to surprise me these days. How sad is that? At the start of his term, one of President [...]

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Obamacare small business tax credit falling just a little short of expectations

Morgen Richmond — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:01:29 +0000

Surprise.

Throughout the debate over ObamaCare, proponents of the bill touted over and over again a provision they claimed would help millions of small businesses, by providing a tax credit to offset the cost of insuring their employees. The President repeatedly made this pitch himself and the White House web site still claims that 4 million [...]

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Man who’s been campaigning for three years announces first official campaign events

Allahpundit — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:20:36 +0000

Nuance.

Yes, really. Believe it or not, those endless video clips of this guy droning on about the cheap gimmick you and I know as the Buffett Rule were technically “presidential events,” even though there’s no serious policy reason to spend more than five minutes talking about it. It’s a populist pander aimed at peeling working-class [...]

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GAO Report: Government wastes “tens of billions” of dollars on duplication and overlap

Tina Korbe — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:15:04 +0000

Repeat programs.

Another year, another Government Accountability Office report that shows the federal government still hasn’t gotten its act together when it comes to waste. Last year, the GAO report showed overlap in 81 areas and recommended 176 actions to reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication. This year, the report shows overlap in 51 areas and recommends 130 [...]

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Who should build our next light attack aircraft?

Jazz Shaw — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:30:32 +0000

Outsourcing national security

The United States Air Force is facing questions from Hawker Beechcraft Corp. after a recent GAO decision effectively removed them from the running in a bid to build our next generation of light attack aircraft. Hawker Beechcraft, which has been excluded by the U.S. Air Force from competing for a contract to supply a new [...]

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