A few weeks ago, we highlighted some of the shady anonymous contracts associated with the often-maligned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following the purge of its board of advisors. These … READ MORE
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Senators Call For Investigation Into NSF For Politicizing Grants
This week, Senators Paul (R-KY), Lankford (R-OK), Cruz (R-TX) and Inhofe (R-OK) sent an investigation request to the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation (NSF) regarding the awarding of … READ MORE
6 Ways The EPA Is Wasting Your Money
First Featured In The Weekly Standard Congress recently voted to raise the budget caps that limited the amount of money they can spend. While doing so, they claimed that the … READ MORE
Post Purge: A Closer Look at the CFPB’s Expenditures
Last week, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget—who also moonlights as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on the side—announced that he had … READ MORE
Congress, The Gig Economy, And The Future Of Benefits
America has changed. We live in a country where every city is only a short flight away. Where machines connect friends in Dallas to friends in San Francisco, and people … READ MORE
Pursuit’s Government Waste Vacation
The federal government spends $4 trillion every year. Those funds are appropriated for anything from bullets to beaches. Most are directed to essential programs or services, but a small (relative … READ MORE
SNAP: The Farm Bill’s Disappearing Act Is (Sadly) Only Temporary
When the food and farm welfare bill failed on the House floor on May 18th, it was an enormous victory for Americans looking to reverse—or even slow down—the seemingly inexorable … READ MORE
This Billion Dollar Corporate Welfare Program Should Be Cut From The Farm Bill
The Farm Bill was voted down last week in the House, but that gives Congress another chance to eliminate this egregious $1.2 billion corporate welfare program from the 2018 Farm … READ MORE