WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its WasteWatcher, a monthly dispatch to members of the news media, highlighting some of the most prominent fiscal issues affecting American taxpayers. The stories from its April edition of WasteWatcher are listed in part as follows:
Identity
Crisis at the USPS
By Leslie Paige
On Wednesday, April
7, 2015, the United States Postal Service (USPS) unveiled its newest
postage stamp, a commemorative tribute to the renowned and beloved poet
and writer, Maya Angelou. The celebration attracted First Lady Michelle
Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Oprah Winfrey, who is an
Angelou mega-fan. Unfortunately, within hours of the stamp’s launch, it
was revealed that the quote printed on the stamp was not written by Maya
Angelou, but by another writer, Joan Walsh Anglund. Read the full
story here.
A
Budget Reconciliation Primer: No Peaches & Herb
By
William M. Christian
The term “reconciliation” tends to evoke
feelings of rapprochement and reunion. But unlike Peaches & Herb’s 1979
chart-topping hit, “Reunited (and it Feels So Good),” reconciliation has
no romantic meaning when it pertains to the Federal budget. Read the
full story here.
End
the Pentagon Slush Fund
By Sean Kennedy
Created in
2001 to fund the war in Afghanistan and other associated costs of the
Global War on Terror, the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account
was intended to be a one-time emergency supplemental. Instead, it has
been used as an annual funding measure, including in 2003, when the U.S.
invaded Iraq. Read the full story here.
CO-OPs:
Another ObamaCare Catastrophe
By Elizabeth Wright
As
ObamaCare limps along, other expensive problems are beginning to bubble
up to the surface. One program that is getting more scrutiny and raising
great concern is the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP), which
have been created in 26 states. Read the full story here.
Providing
Relief from Internet Taxes
By Deborah Collier
Legislation
has been reintroduced in both the House of Representatives and the
Senate that would make the ban on Internet access taxes permanent. With
the economics of the Internet already coming under threat from the Open
Internet Order passed by the FCC on February 26, 2015, every effort
should be made to provide consumers with a safe haven from excessive
taxes and fees on the Internet. Read the full story here.
Senator
Reid Out, Yucca Mountain In?
By P.J. Austin
On March
27, 2015, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he
will not seek reelection in 2016. Supporters of the Yucca Mountain
nuclear waste repository hope that the exit of one of its most powerful
opponents will breathe new life into the long-stalled project. Read
the full story here.
EPA:
The Intersection of Invasive and Inefficient
By Curtis Kalin
There
is no shortage of government agencies that fritter away hard-earned tax
dollars by imposing hostile rules and regulations on businesses and
individuals. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
practically cornered the market on invasiveness and inefficiency. Read
the full story here.
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