In 2016, the federal government awarded $17 billion to contractors that owed a collective $1.8 billion in taxes. Since 2008, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has required contractors to report … READ MORE
Big Spenders Trick Everyone into Another Budget Blowout
If a child sneaks into the cupboard to eat a whole sleeve of cookies, do they have the right to reject two cookies for dessert as insufficient from now on? … READ MORE
What Donald Trump Still Doesn’t Get About Trade
In the latest nightmare scenario for free traders, U.S. trade policy has been driving the news again with President Donald Trump’s decision to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of … READ MORE
Spidey-Senses, Teleportation, and Other Outlandish Spending at the DoD
Remember last year when Congress gave the Department of Defense a $165 billion budget boost citing depleted resources. Well, they should have looked at where their current budget was going first. … READ MORE
Report Identifies Billions in Federal Program Duplication
This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual duplication report. This is the ninth edition of GAO’s annual look at program duplication, overlap and fragmentation in the federal … READ MORE
Four Ways to Make Infrastructure More Affordable
At the end of April, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump and the White House had agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure spending package. Rumblings of … READ MORE
Where Have all the Budget Hawks Gone?
There is not a budget hawk in America who could say they were not surprised to see Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and Acting-Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney … READ MORE
A Duplication Origin Story
Financial exploitation of elders is a serious problem in America. Reports find that elderly Americans lose as much as $3 billion each year to financial scams and abuse. One near-victim … READ MORE