Back in the good old days of 1995, when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the first time in anyone’s memory, conservatives began clamoring in earnest for a balanced federal budget. President Nixon submitted the last black-ink account in 1974, and trillions of debt had accumulated since that memorable year. Now was the time, said the newly installed [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as American Dependence, Budgets, Campaign 2008, Government Waste, Health Insurance Debate, Video at 4:35 PM UTC

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     Nestled in the heart of bustling Riverside is the Southern California freeway interchange from Gehenna, aka the 60/91/215. Designed and built long before Riverside County’s recent explosive growth, the tangle of undersized roadways, narrow overpasses, and nightmarish transition roads have been overwhelmed for years. Daily, tens of thousands of commuters inch along, often moving at less than 10 miles per [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Budgets, Current Affairs, Government Waste at 2:21 PM UTC

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     To round out our week-long discussion of limited government, bureaucratic waste and the like, I think a nice dose of egregious examples of public sector boondoggling is in order. So, in no particular order and always adjusted for inflation, here are all too typical instances of your tax dollars at work:
     “Under ‘urban renewal’ policies [a favorite in the [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Budgets, Economics, Government Waste, Limiting Government, Politics at 11:40 AM UTC

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