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Analysis
Listen Now: Winslow Wheeler Discusses the Rising War Costs on NPR
The war in Iraq is currently costing $2 billion a week; even more is spent on the war in Afghanistan and on other operations worldwide. Worse yet, neither Congress nor the Defense Department are accurately keeping track of the past costs, nor are they fully addressing likely f...
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AnalysisPork Process Tutorial Published by Independent Institute
How, and why, Congress adds billions of dollars in spending to defense bills for things like breast and prostate cancer, Memorial Day celebrations, and Lewis & Clark Bicentennials is poorly understood by the public, the press, and even many in Congress itself. A new articl...
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Analysis
Is There a Real “Pork Buster” in Congress?
Congress has always been happy to push spending for their own states and districts (pork), but now “porking” has become a major congressional obsession—and a costly abuse. Some members of Congress are declaring themselves reformers, even “pork busters.” Are they all shams? Thi...