2 Articles from Taxpayer

Pet Rock Budgeting
http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?action=issues&proj_id=5008&category=&type=Project

1. One of the favorite tactics of program apologists is to claim “it’s less than one percent of the budget,” implying that there are bigger fiscal fish to fry. There is no single cut, or revenue raiser, or entitlement reform that will balance the books.
2. A lot of it is about "I did this for you, what have you done for me?"
3. Washington’s deficit cutting rhetoric needs to be replaced with deficit cutting reality, and all options must be on the table.
4. The country forgoes more than $1 trillion in revenue every year through a patchwork quilt of tax breaks and loopholes in the code.
5. "If the nation is going to be successful at tackling the yawning budget defict and the chasm of debt, lawmakers have to leave their budgetary pet rocks at home."

FutureGen Project Timeline

http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?action=issues&proj_id=5003&category=&type=Project

1. From the FutureGen website: "The FutureGen Industrial Alliance was formed to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy on the FutureGen 2.0 project. It is a non-profit membership organization created to benefit the public interest, and the interests of science through research, development and demonstration of near-zero emissions coal technology."
2. The estimated cost has risen, then began to decline.
3. Began Construction on October 1.
4. Introduced by Bush administration in February, 2003.
5. It was cancelled in January of 2008, then revived by Obama administration in June, 2009.