Per a slightly shorter tradition than the Irish holiday, Pursuit is publishing another edition of our Drunk on Debt waste report. We are $22 trillion in debt and have continual … READ MORE
Archives for March 2019
New Report Finds Systemic Enforcement Failures Of Taxpayer Transparency Law
Two years ago, we teamed up with White Coast Waste to release “Ivy League Flunkers: Schools Fail on Federal Funding Disclosure.” The first-of-its-kind report examined whether Ivy League schools are … READ MORE
Federal Housing Reform Should Start with Removing Tax Deductions
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently complained that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act capped the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) at $10,000. Cuomo claims to support progressive … READ MORE
What is a Cut?
Here are two headlines: “Budget Proposes $845 Billion Slash to Medicare Spending” “Budget Proposes 88% Boost in Medicare Spending” One would think these are competing budget proposals from two diametrically … READ MORE
The Trump Budget: Five Things to Like, Five Things to Loathe
The President’s annual budget is here. Contrary to some coverage, it’s not just an $8.6 billion wall funding request surrounded by 149 pages of gobligook. It is a visioning document … READ MORE
It’s Time to End Washington’s “Use-it-or-Lose-it” Spending Culture
In Washington, Christmas doesn’t come in December, but September. As OpenTheBooks.com describes in a new report, “use-it-or-lose-it” spending – the federal government’s frantic rush to spend whatever is left in … READ MORE
Fast Facts from the High Risk Report
Every two years since 1990, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases its High-Risk List – a compendium of the areas of government with “greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and … READ MORE
A Solutions-Oriented Guide to Government Gaffes
The fourth edition of the Senator James Lankford (R-OK) Federal Fumbles book came out this week. The annual oversight report is taking a different approach this year. Rather than being … READ MORE