Transparency in Government: Finding Out How Much the Government’s Mistakes Are Costing Us
One of the little known costs that taxpayers unwittingly pay is the Judgment Fund administered by the Treasury Department. This fund is used to pay… Read More
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Geithner to Congress: Happy New Year, We’re Maxed Out on Debt
The government has maxed out its credit card again, mortgaging America’s future with yet more debt. Obama Administration Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, in a… Read More
Feds Investigate Stimulus-Backed Solar Companies With Political Ties
Three solar companies are under investigation for potentially inflating costs in order to draw down more money from a stimulus-funded loan program. All three boast… Read More
Taxpayer-Backed Green Energy Firms Subpoenaed by Federal Watchdog
The Treasury Department’s top watchdog has opened an investigation into a popular grant program that helped finance a host of green energy projects, according to… Read More
DOE Rushed Treasury on Solyndra to Accommodate Press Release
Energy Secretary Steven Chu may want the country to stop discussing the Solyndra scandal, but information continues to come to light that confirms the worst… Read More
Washington in a Flash: House Leaders Look for Votes on Boehner Debt Plan
Unable to secure the votes needed to pass Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) debt plan, House GOP leaders first delayed then canceled a vote on the Budget… Read More
Tax Break for the Trial Lawyers: A Bad Idea
Do the nation’s trial lawyers deserve a taxpayer bailout? That’s what they’re after: a special-interest tax break of $1.6 billion. In fact, after Congress refused… Read More
PLA Threatens Chinese Economy
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) this month has been trying to threaten the U.S. economically. However, their plan could actually harm China, not America. Many, many Chinese… Read More
The Obama-Frank Systemic Risk Plan: Some Good and a Lot of Bad
The Treasury Department and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank have just released a highly complex 253 page draft bill that is supposed to… Read More
Obama’s Battle of the Bulging Deficit
“We’ll Need To Raise Taxes Soon” opines Roger Altman, a former Deputy Treasury Secretary under President Clinton, in a Wall Street Journal editorial today. Of… Read More
