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The year-long continuing resolution for fiscal year 2007 that cut out pork for nine of the eleven bills, proved that the country can survive without such excessive spending
CAGW releases new database Dec 04, 2007
With our more transparent format, egregious projects such as $3,000,000 for the First Tee golf program, $2,400,000 for House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Jerry Lewis's, R-Calif. Lewis Center for Education Research, and $2,000,000 for brown tree snakes are more easily found
CAGW releases new database Dec 04, 2007
Cost estimates for the new programs range from $550 billion to $1 trillion. Until the federal government brings the record deficit back down to Earth, it should not launch expensive new space programs of questionable scientific value
Watchdog group cautions on Mars mission Jan 13, 2004
The suspension will hopefully show that corporate espionage does not pay. The government should only award contracts to reputable, law-abiding companies. Companies, such as Boeing, that have not shown exemplary behavior can not be trusted with taxpayer dollars
Air Force suspends Boeing from contracts Jul 24, 2003
The possibility that the Pentagon might become more involved in leasing will lead to tens of billions of dollars in hidden costs. In the Boeing tanker lease deal, taxpayers will pay more than $17 billion extra for planes that the government will never own. Lease deals do not 'count' against the Pentagon's annual procurement budget but the spending is real. Additional leases are an irresponsible approach to procurement
Call to end government plane leases Jun 20, 2003