Cato @ Liberty » This Week in Government Failure

This Week in Government Failure

Posted By Tad DeHaven On August 19, 2011 @ 11:40 am In Tax and Budget Policy | Comments Disabled

Over at Downsizing the Federal Government ^[1], we focused on the following issues this past week:

It’s darkly comical that the same entity responsible for killing countless private sector jobs ^[2] with its taxes and regulations operates job training programs.
Warren Buffett ^[3] should put up or shut up.
Two polls of likely voters released by Rasmussen Reports indicate that the federal government’s corporate welfare programs ^[4] should be prime targets for spending cuts.
The Washington Post asks for budget plans. We have one ^[5].
Despite Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s ^[6] role in driving the housing bubble and $160 billion in taxpayer losses (so far), President Obama appears to be considering just putting the same failed system in place.

Follow Downsizing the Federal Government on Twitter (@DownsizeTheFeds ^[7]) and connect with us on Facebook ^[8].

Article printed from Cato @ Liberty: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org

URL to article: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/this-week-in-government-failure-76/

URLs in this post:

[1] Downsizing the Federal Government: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/

[2] entity responsible for killing countless private sector jobs: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-job-training-follies

[3] Warren Buffett: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/buffett-should-put-or-shut

[4] corporate welfare programs: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/voters-don%E2%80%99t-support-corporate-welfare

[5] We have one: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/washington-post-asks-budget-plans

[6] Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/fannie-mae-no-hope-or-change

[7] @DownsizeTheFeds: http://twitter.com/DownsizeTheFeds

[8] on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Downsizing-the-Federal-Government/26635669039

Click here to print.