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On the Very Idea of the Agricultural Committee

July 1, 2009, 9:00am

Carson Young

All that congressional agricultural committees do is funnel government money to Big Agriculture. We should do away with them.

Jindal And The Debate Over Volcano Monitoring

March 4, 2009, 4:42am

Adrian Moore

Obama Needs to Push for Online Stimulus Transparency

Government may have already spent $8.4 trillion in bailouts and stimulus, where did it all go?

January 21, 2009

Anthony Randazzo

In July 2007, Mr. Obama signed Reason Foundation's Oath of Presidential Transparency, pledging his commitment to 'open, transparent, and accountable government principles.'  "Every American has the right to know how the government spends their tax dollars, but for too long that information has been largely hidden from public view," said then Sen. Obama. "This historic law will lift the veil of secrecy in Washington and ensure that our government is transparent and accountable to the American people."  If his promise for transparency was important then, it is even more critical now in the wake of Uncle Sam's recent spending binge. Mr. Obama should press for a complete, itemized - and publicly available - list of how much money taxpayers are already on the hook for to bailout failing entities.

Earmarks: The Alien Menace

New Reason.tv video shows how billions earmarks and pork projects help create $490 billion deficit

July 29, 2008

In fiscal 2008, taxpayers are shelling out over $17 billion for more than 11,000 Congressional earmarks.

Obama, Brownback and Paul Promise Executive Order Mandating Google Government

Coalition of 36 groups calling for "most transparent" presidential administration ever

August 24, 2007

Opportunity and Performance in the President's Management Agenda

Transparency and performance to the forefront

August 1, 2002

Adrian Moore

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