government waste

Eric Scheiner | May 30, 2017
(photo: wikipedia commons)   Which will have the biggest impact on children and result in their parents purchasing local farm products:  Family…
Brittany M. Hughes | May 15, 2017
I genuinely, with all my heart wish I were kidding about this. But I'm not. Taxpayers – i.e., you and I, assuming you also have a steady job…
Eric Scheiner | May 8, 2017
The city of Tempe, Ariz. has received $50 million in taxpayer funds from the federal government for the construction of a 3-mile streetcar system.…
Eric Scheiner | April 27, 2017
The National Institutes of Health have spent $1,347,939 of taxpayer money on a project that uses social media to encourage Tennessee mothers to…
Ben Graham | February 9, 2017
*/   The GulfQuest facility in Mobile, Ala., was planned to be a “transportation hub” equipped with a city visitor’s center, a maritime museum…
Brittany M. Hughes | February 7, 2017
Despite widespread criticism over how its employees spend their time, the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs continued to allow workers to…
Brittany M. Hughes | January 31, 2017
A new report published Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office on Medicaid reveals the federal government lost a stunning $36 billion in…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 9, 2016
It’s gift-giving time, that time when people of various religious faiths think about buying something entertaining, meaningful or both for their…
Brittany M. Hughes | November 18, 2016
According to a recent report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA…
danjoseph | October 6, 2016
According to the Government Accountability Office, taxpayers have been on the hook for hiring hundreds of new public relations experts to help get…
Brittany M. Hughes | August 10, 2016
The federal government just spent $2 million in taxpayer cash to develop hybrid broccoli for the East Coast. Seriously.    
Brittany M. Hughes | August 9, 2016
Ever wonder what it’d cost to study how people tweet after terrorist attacks? Neither did any other sane person on the planet. But the federal…