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Tag Archives: Waste Fraud and Abuse

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Todd Smith: Taxpayer return on investment

The annual study gave New Hampshire rave reviews. The Granite State ranked No. 1 of all 50 states for taxpayer Return On Investment. Vermont came in 42nd.

April 13, 2020 in Commentary.
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Keelan: Embezzled funds and taxes

It is quite demoralizing to honest taxpayers to constantly hear and read about how embezzlers can obtain $20,000 or $2 million illegally and get off tax-free.

March 3, 2020 in Commentary.
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Frenier: Government abuse of power

What liberals fail to grasp is that governments are greedy, too, but their greed is more about power than money. And governments’ greed for power makes them no less inherently corrupt than corporations.

February 28, 2020 in Commentary.
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Vermont town considers building government network to protect net neutrality

Public officials in the town of Brattleboro are considering building a government-owned internet network, in part, to protect so-called net neutrality.

February 13, 2020 in TNR News.

Klar: It’s official — Vermont’s government has been usurped by elitist bureaucrats

Bureaucratic agencies have swollen in costs and powers in all areas of Vermonters’ lives: farms close, but the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets expands steadily. Schools are being closed, but administrative employees and costs increase relentlessly.

February 5, 2020 in Commentary.
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Deb Billado: Democratic lawmakers seek big pay raise

Even though we’re facing a more than $70 million budget gap, Vermont’s Democrat legislators want their own pay raised, and for you to foot the bill.

January 21, 2020 in Commentary.
Social Security Administration

Audit: Dead people have been collecting billions from Social Security as it goes bankrupt

This month’s report found that the SSA issued $11.6 million in payments to a sampling of 149 beneficiaries and 4 representative payees who died in Puerto Rico from January 1992 through December 2016. Previous reports follow a similar pattern.

November 4, 2019 in U.S..
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Vermont fraud expert says abuse is common as feds push food stamp reform

While the Trump administration is taking action to reduce food stamp fraud, the president’s critics are crying foul, and Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan is urging citizens to voice their opposition to coming changes in the program.

September 24, 2019 in TNR News.
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‘The Waste Report’ details $50 billion in questionable government spending

Taxpayer money supported a $10 million “Green Growth” initiative in Peru. More than $5.3 million of taxpayer money funded false claims for Superstorm Sandy in New York City, and $48 billion went toward improper Medicare payments.

September 8, 2019 in U.S..
Small Business Administration

Report: Small Business Administration squanders $24 billion in bad loans to non-small businesses

More than $24 billion in loans given out by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have defaulted, an OpenTheBooks.com analysis found.

August 12, 2019 in U.S..
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Averting the next federal fiscal train wreck

Looking at projections by the Congressional Budget Office — Congress’ official federal scorekeeper — one sees that the federal budget is on a rapid collision course with out-of-control deficits.

July 17, 2019 in U.S..
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Open the Books: U.S. Department of Education wastes billions each year

“Federal funding is being poured into the nation’s richest colleges, the worst performing junior colleges, nontraditional colleges you didn’t know existed, for-profit schools, and more.”

July 8, 2019 in U.S..

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