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Two months ago, while celebrating his first 100 days in the White House, President Obama portrayed himself as a fiscal leader when he urged his Cabinet to cut $100 million from their budgets. "We have an obligation to make sure that this government is as efficient as possible, and that every taxpayer...
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When I served as the managing editor of National Journal's Technology Daily, I spotted an apparent trend in federal spending -- more money going toward tech-related pork projects. A time-intensive search of keywords in several editions of the annual "Pig Book" produced by Citizens Against...
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Back in 2005, Staples scored a marketing coup with a humorous series of "easy button" television commercials that advertised the chain as the simplest way to restock office supplies. Unfortunately, government officials have applied that "easy" concept to their budget planning. Every...
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Politicians and bureaucrats love taxes. If you build it, they will tax it. They'll do the same if you buy it, sell it, drive it, eat it, drink it or smoke it. The National Tax Foundation captured the governmental tax spirit perfectly last week in a spoof video called the "Nanny Tax Rap."...