Author Archive: K. Lloyd Billingsley

K. Lloyd Billingsley is Communications Counsel at the Independent Institute.
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Blazing Bullet Train: How the Federal Government Enables State Waste


Friday June 29th, 2012   •   Posted by K. Lloyd Billingsley at 10:26am PDT   •   7 Comments

California cannot balance its budget and faces a deficit in the neighborhood of $16 billion. More than 10 percent of California workers are unemployed and the state economy shows few signs of recovery. Yet the state wants to build a bullet train and has established a high-speed rail “authority” for that purpose. If approved…
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Entitled to Waste: Mo’ Better Bonuses at the GSA


Wednesday June 27th, 2012   •   Posted by K. Lloyd Billingsley at 4:47pm PDT   •   3 Comments

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) administrator Daniel M. Tangherlini, “serves a vital role in President Obama’s agenda to build a more sustainable, responsible and effective government for the American people.” He has his work cut out for him. Federal workers are paid about twice as much as workers in the private sector, but at…
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