EducationNews
Teachers Get Outfitted With Fitbits at Taxpayer Expense
DES MOINES, Iowa—Employees of the Des Moines Public Schools can forget about “no pain, no gain” when it comes to working out. Next school year,… Read More
EconomyNews
Lawmaker Questions Whether Ex-Im Benefits Small Businesses
Proponents of the Export-Import Bank tout the agency as a champion of small businesses, but Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., yesterday challenged that claim during a… Read More
EconomyNews
Tennessee ‘Pork Report’ Finds Government Waste at All-Time High
NASHVILLE—Tennessee officials wasted $609 million in taxpayer money last year, according to the 2014 “Pork Report,” which a free-market think tank released Wednesday. Beacon Center… Read More
Economy News
A Taxpayer’s Guide: Export-Import Bank Under Microscope at House Hearing
Rep. Jeb Hensarling today convenes the House Financial Services Committee for a much-anticipated hearing on the fate of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that… Read More
SecurityNews
Price to Avoid Another Benghazi? House Leaders Question $461 Million Training Center
With the deadly Benghazi attacks providing impetus and momentum, the State Department announced this spring that it will build a $461 million training center for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
9 Government Programs Your Tax Dollars Are Being Wasted On
If someone approached you on the street and asked for a dollar to promote mohair exports—or to perfect a weight-sensing skateboard—would you give it to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Not Satire: Despite Waiting Lines, Some VA Employees Got Bonuses
The Veterans Affairs Department health care scandal has deepened, with new revelations of incompetent management and misplaced spending priorities, including millions of dollars paid out… Read More
Federal Agency Loses Money Selling Government Reports. The Catch? They’re Already Free
A federal agency selling government reports that are otherwise free is the target of a new bill meant to curtail government waste. “With a money-losing… Read More
News
Want Spending Reduced? Support Cutting Your Favorite Government Program
It’s time for citizens to hold elected officials accountable about spending – even if that means their favorite government-funded program gets axed. There’s no hint… Read More
No More Spending Cuts to Make? Heritage Expert Says There Are Plenty
Congress is close to releasing a massive spending bill to fund the federal government, and Heritage budget expert Romina Boccia says there is plenty of… Read More
Congress Spent Your Money on Some Crazy Things Last Year. Will 2014 Be Any Different?
Can you guess which project was funded with your tax dollars? A) $98,000 outhouse on an Alaskan trail B) $1 million bus stop with heated… Read More
Booze, Pole Dancing, and Luxurious Hotels: Top 10 Examples of Government Waste in 2013
The latest budget deal, passed by a bipartisan majority in both the House and the Senate, suggests that Washington agrees with House Minority Leader Nancy… Read More
What the Government Got You This Year (in Pictures)
Today, the Senate is set to pass the new U.S. budget deal in all its spend-tastic glory. Lawmakers have hemmed and hawed about making any… Read More
News
15 Pictures of Ridiculous Government Spending Guaranteed to Make You Mad
In 2013, federal spending approached $3.5 trillion. Now that’s hard to wrap your brain around. It’s about $27,700 for every American household. All across America,… Read More
Cutting Federal Waste: Not a Silver Bullet, but Still Important
President Obama’s State of the Union Address tomorrow evening provides him with a chance to explain how he would put the country on a path… Read More
On Fox News: Government Waste Is Just the Tip of a Massive Federal Spending Iceberg
Senator Mary Landrieu (D–LA) recently stated, “I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget, which by the way is not out of control,… Read More
Second Presidential Debate Recap: Top Tweets from Heritage
A selection, in no particular order, of some of the top tweets — most retweeted and favorited — from Heritage staff during last night’s second… Read More
News
Top 10 Examples of Wasteful Federal Spending in 2012
Exotic dancers, robotic squirrels, and a reality TV show in India—your tax dollars supported all of these this year. Two reports just released—“Federal Spending by… Read More
$50 Million Government Polling Contract with Gallup Attracts Scrutiny
An example of government waste and bad planning—the exorbitantly expensive Gallup Organization contract with the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)—is finally coming under a long-overdue… Read More
Cut the Government Waste, but Fix Entitlements, Too
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) scandalous spending at a 2010 conference has gotten plenty of attention. Rightly so, because the GSA officials’ misconduct resulted in… Read More
A Half-Million-Dollar, Taxpayer-Funded Thermometer?
Wonder if it’s too hot to go outside at your workplace? Don’t bother checking the thermometer or stepping outside—the federal government has the answer for… Read More
Obama’s $4 Million Hawaii Vacation
President Obama had hoped to be in Hawaii today for the start of his 17-day Christmas vacation. Instead, he’s stuck in Washington until Congress finishes… Read More
Biden Campaigns Against Wasteful Spending
The White House yesterday launched yet another signature initiative to cut wasteful spending, once again setting the Administration’s key utility infielder, Vice President Joe Biden,… Read More
An Innovative Proposal to Address Government Waste
The federal government made at least $125 billion in improper payments last year. It spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties. Rife… Read More
Cutting LIHEAP Doesn’t Mean Poor Will Freeze
At first glance, President Obama’s motion to kill a program that provides low-income families with energy sounds as politically attractive as legislation to drown puppies,… Read More
Federal Job Training Programs Plagued by Fraud, Waste and Mismanagement
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, numerous unemployed but hard-working Americans have turned to federal job training programs. These… Read More
Government Fears Bungled Crisis Might Traumatize Children
One of the persistent disappointments of the government’s response to the Gulf oil spill has been their refusal to immediately rescind the drilling moratorium. The… Read More
A Misallocation of Taxpayer Capital
Even as debate and votes are launched this week on health care reform bills that will hurt “our capacity to innovate” and “develop new therapies”,… Read More
Asino: The EU’s €7 million Blogging Donkey
Ask any person across Europe their top priority right now and they’ll likely say “it’s the economy, stupid.” Soaring unemployment, failing banks and massive government… Read More
