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President-elect Donald Trump finds “tremendous waste, fraud and abuse” in the federal government,” and proclaims “we’re going to get it.” That will be a tough task because, as one recent case confirms, waste, fraud and abuse are inherent in the system. When he applied for a job with the EPA in 1989, John Beale…
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Since the U.S. federal government’s fiscal year cycled over to FY2017 on October 1, 2016, the growth of U.S. government’s total public debt outstanding has accelerated. If that faster growth rate holds at the average pace through November 23, 2016, just before Thanksgiving, then the total public debt outstanding will exceed $20 trillion sometime…
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The U.S. economy may be sluggish, but as we noted, bureaucracy is booming. University of California bosses cry out for more taxpayer cash even as they bulk up on “diversity” bureaucrats. Universities nationwide are now cranking out administrators to fill these useless posts, but diversity bloat is hardly confined to education. For example, new…
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In the days leading up to the November 8, 2016 elections, RealClearPolicy featured a number major policy ideas from across the ideological spectrum in the U.S. on how to manage the fiscal policy of the federal government after President Obama’s tenure in office comes to an end on January 20, 2017. The Progressive Policy…
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget wrapped up its analysis of the 2016 fiscal year back on November 2. When they did, they produced the following chart showing what the future of the U.S. government’s budget deficits will be even if all of the winners of all of 2016’s elections for national office…
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Politicians pitched it as a magic carpet that would speed riders from Los Angeles to San Francisco in record time, with complete safety and total comfort. According to promoters California’s high-speed rail project, also known as the bullet train, would also clear up the state’s crowded highways and of course protect the environment and…
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November 5 marked 20 years since Californians rejected race, ethnic and gender preferences through Proposition 209. As we noted, a major purveyor of state-sponsored discrimination was the University of California, which during tough financial times has been bulking up on vice-chancellors for equity, diversity and inclusion and such. As Stephanie Keaveney of the John…
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What should the U.S. government’s fiscal policies look like after the election we just had? Writing at RealClearPolicy, James Capretta tackled that question before the election, before anyone really appreciated that Donald Trump would beat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. And with that being the case, he begins by describing…
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It’s not often that you can capture the precise moment when a culture of corruption within a government agency becomes fully institutionalized. Normally, that’s a very slow process, in which tolerance of bad behavior by government employees increases gradually over time, until one day the corruption becomes fully dominant and can avoid any scrutiny…
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As we noted, Emily Bazar of the Center for Health Reporting did a fine job outlining how Covered California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Obamacare, was responsible for “countless glitches and widespread consumer misery.” The $454 million Covered California computer system, for example, proved dysfunctional and insecure. Covered California bosses blamed it for canceling…
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