CAGW Releases July WasteWatcher

June 30, 2011

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A Monthly Dispatch From Citizens Against Government Waste

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Citizens Against Government Waste:

The FAST Solution to Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
By Erica Gordon

Each year, Americans lose tens of billions of their hard-earned tax dollars to Medicare and Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse …

Progress in Campaign to End MEADS
By Sean Kennedy

Created in 1995, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a collaborative missile defense project intended to replace the Patriot Missile system, which has been used by the U.S. and its allies for decades …

Don’t Let Trade Adjustment Assistance Block Free Trade
By Luke Gelber

George Bernard Shaw once said that if you laid all the world’s economists end to end, they still would not come to a conclusion …

Mountain of Government Waste at Yucca
By PJ Austin

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has been searching for a long-term site to store its nuclear waste …

Rampant Waste Reported in NSF
By Jacqueline Carlton

A report was released on May 26, 2011 by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that exposed wasteful spending at the National Science Foundation (NSF) …

President Obama’s “Campaign to Cut Waste” Has Lackluster Prospects
By Christopher Ryan

On June 13, 2011, President Obama issued an executive order mandating a “renewed effort to hunt down misspent tax dollars in every agency and department of this government” …

SSDI Funding at Risk
By Courtney Frink

In fiscal year (FY) 2010, the Social Security Disability Insurance program (SSDI) shelled out approximately $123 billion in benefits to more than 10 million disabled workers and their dependents …

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.

CONTACT:

Citizens Against Government Waste
Leslie Paige, 202-467-5334
Luke Gelber, 202-467-5305

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