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Tag Archives: Waste Fraud and Abuse

Full lockdowns did not reduce coronavirus mortality rate, study finds

A study in The Lancet medical journal found that full lockdowns, border closures and high rates of coronavirus testing are not associated with a statistically significant reduction in the total number of critical cases or the virus’s overall mortality rate.

July 23, 2020 in U.S..
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New Hampshire health care officials claim FEMA sent faulty personal protective equipment

Williams called the gown a garbage bag because it didn’t even have holes for arms to go through. Williams said other examples include receiving brittle masks that broke easily or receiving a shipment of thousands of extra small gloves that were useless for many adult staff.

July 19, 2020 in U.S..
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Over one million dead Americans were sent stimulus checks, Government Accountability Office finds

“According to an analysis by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the number of economic impact payments going to decedents highlights the importance of consistently using key safeguards in providing government assistance to individuals,” the report said.

June 25, 2020 in U.S..

Billado: Let the Vermont legislative computer games end

It costs the taxpayer $250,000 each week extra for the lawmakers to stay home and play legislative computer games with your tax money. They need to let the dust settle on the damage caused by the shutdown ordered as the result of the COVID-19 scare.

June 3, 2020 in Commentary.
Burlington Telecom

Taxpayer Protection Alliance report finds taxpayer-funded broadband networks not worth the money

GONs only reach about a third of potential broadband consumers living in the municipalities that have built these networks. But all residents of said municipalities must foot the bill for these boondoggles, resulting in sky-high expenses for taxpayers.

May 22, 2020 in U.S..
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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..

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