Tag Archives : Federal Government
Wasting Money Is Washington’s Favorite Activity
Senator Tom Coburn’s 2014 Wastebook is out with a new, grisly collection of boondoggles and pork-barrel spending.
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Good News: Americans Are Increasingly Hostile to the Federal Government
I wrote last year that, “I don’t think public policy should be based on polling data, but I always am happy when the American people are on the right side of an issue since it increases the possibility of good outcomes in Washington.” One other thing to consider is that pollsters can manipulate results by […]
read more...How Would You Describe the Federal Government?
There’s an encouraging new poll from Gallup which reveals that 72 percent of Americans say something negative when asked for a one-word description of the federal government. Here’s the “word cloud” showing the results. As you can see, this is very similar to the results for a similar poll on how people describe Congress. Not […]
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