Can we stop subsidizing green energy, now? Please? The Energy Department’s (DOE) internal watchdog is attacking DOE management of a $ 1.5-billion stimulus program to help develop technology that captures industrial carbon dioxide emissions. An Office of Inspector General (IG) audit made public Tuesday examines $ 1.1 billion in funding for 15 projects. In the… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Dollars
Want to buy private coverage with Medicaid dollars? Good luck!
Arkansas has been the central state in health policy ever since it proposed using Medicaid expansion dollars to buy private insurance coverage—and the Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, to the surprise of many, approved the idea. At least, in concept. The details of the Arkansas agreement are not yet fully fleshed out…. Read more »
Colorado Tax Dollars Go Up In Smoke With Weed Oversight Waste
Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division (MMED) failed to pass a state audit it faced earlier this month, as the auditor’s report revealed wasteful spending on purchases including furniture, electronics, and vehicles. Beyond the frivolous spending, the audit also highlighted nineteen consecutive months where MMED’s expenses far exceeded its revenues despite a large influx of public tax… Read more »
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Propping Up Commies and Socialist Youth Groups
Sequester?… What sequester? Don’t look now but your tax dollars are going to such far left groups as the Communist Workers World Party and Revolutionary Socialist Youth. Watchdog.org reported: Thanks to your generous support, the New York City-based People’s Rights Fund has been able publicize the great work of Karl Marx and dictators Kim Jong-Il,… Read more »