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Monday, February 9, 2009

Massive Waste Expected in Emergency Government Spending


“The Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan could end up wasting billions of dollars by attempting to spend money faster than an overburdened government acquisition system can manage and oversee it, according to documents and interviews with contracting specialists.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Monday)



Now there’s something we couldn’t have predicted.



FEE Timely Classic

“Most Outrageous Government Waste” by Thomas A. Schatz


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.