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Public opinion on government size and budget – big and wasteful

By Steve McGough / September 22, 2009 /

Granted, the information comes from a poll with subjective questions, but Gallup released a couple of polls early this week concerning the perception of the waste at the federal government level and over-regulation of business. Perception is reality, and I argue their is now a consensus.

Profiles in spending, John Murtha

By Dave in EH / April 22, 2009 /

Perhaps no single individual can exemplify the profligate spending and massive ego that is Congress better than John Murtha. And what better monument to his ego than the airport that has been named for this poltroon. “The John Murtha airport sits on a windy mountain two hours east of Pittsburgh, a 650-acre expanse of smooth…

Commuters to get state sponsored traffic information

By Steve McGough / August 18, 2008 /

Unbelievable waste of cash. I just turned on WVIT – the local NBC affiliate – and they reported Connecticut was planning to introduce the state-wide 511 system that I mentioned back in February. It appears that the state government – at a cost of $3 million – thinks that they can provide better traffic information…

The census plan – proving bureaucracy does not work (Update)

By Steve McGough / March 30, 2010 /

Jim is also writing about the census today, but I’d like to highlight a post by Michelle Malkin concerning financial waste from within the US Census Bureau. Counting people is not that hard, but leave it to the bureaucrats to mess it up.

Expense accounts for House and Senate members add up

By Steve McGough / May 30, 2009 /

The salary for United States Senate and House of Representatives members is currently set at $174,000 which for just about anywhere in the country is very respectable, but are you familiar with the expense accounts available to Senate and House members? As is with government workers, it’s not always about the salary; you need to…

Let’s stop making these $1 presidential coins shall we?

By Steve McGough / June 29, 2011 /

Have you ever even seen one of the Presidential coins? I have not, and the federal government has enough of them lying around to fill a vault the size of a soccer field. Nobody wants them. Stop making them.

Billions in international aid wasted, but it makes you feel better to give!

By Steve McGough / April 9, 2010 /

No surprise here. Tossing money in the direction of some African countries led to little or no improvements, as funding was routed from “worthy, important” causes to expenditures by corrupt government officials that will never be tracked down.