Government Waste and Fraud

WE’VE BECOME A NATION OF TAKERS, NOT MAKERS

APRIL 1, 2011 More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. By STEPHEN MOORE If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice

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FLEMING HEALTH CARE REPEAL UPDATE

. March 23, 2011 Visit my Website | Forward to a Friend | Share on: FLEMING HEALTH CARE REPEAL UPDATE The New Health Care Reform Law One Year Later and Getting Worse by the Day Today, on the one year anniversary since government-approved health care was signed into law, a look at the implementation of the

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A REQUIEM FOR DETROIT

MARCH 29, 2011 A once-great American city today repels people of talent and ambition. By WILLIAM MCGURN If only Detroit could point to some natural disaster for its misfortunes. Within hours of the earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan, for example, President Obama called the prime minister to offer “whatever assistance is needed.” Likewise, when Hurricane

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REPUBLICANS ARE WINNING THE BUDGET FIGHT

MARCH 28, 2011 The incremental approach is working and embarrassing Democrats. Why should the GOP risk a government shutdown? By FRED BARNES Some of the most disgruntled folks in Washington these days are conservative Republicans in Congress. They believe their party has abandoned the cause of deep spending cuts that spurred the Republican landslide in

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DETROIT’S DECLINE AND THE FOLLY OF LIGHT RAIL

MARCH 25, 2011 The country needs to unleash entrepreneurs, who will only be held back by tax-funded make-work projects. By EDWARD GLAESER The Census just reported that Detroit’s population dropped by 25% between 2000 and 2010, a stunning fall that is even larger than the 20% drop Detroit experienced during the 1970s. The story of

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THOMAS SOWELL – UNION MYTHS

By Thomas Sowell 3/8/2011 The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians. Nothing shows the utter cynicism of the unions and the politicians who do their bidding like the so-called “Employee Free Choice Act” that

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INSOLVENCY LOOMS AS STATES DRAIN U.S. DISABILITY FUND

MARCH 22, 2011 By DAMIAN PALETTA CAGUAS, Puerto Rico—This mountainside town is home to a picturesque cathedral, a tobacco museum and a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Another defining feature: Caguas’s 00725 zip code has more people who receive a disability check than any other in the U.S. Puerto Rico has emerged in recent years as one of

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