From the Downsizing Blog
Pay for Federal Government Workers
With the backdrop of the shutdown and federal workers going unpaid, the New York Times published a backgrounder last week on federal compensation.
Winner and Loser States from Centralized Government
Ninety years ago, two-thirds of government spending in America was state-local and one-third was federal. Today, it is the reverse with about two-thirds federal and one-third state-local.
Another Hostage from the Federal Shutdown: Small Business
We are in the fourth week of the partial federal shutdown, which is starting to disrupt the broader economy because the government exerts control over many major industries.
Welfare Cowboy
The National Endowment for the Arts has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in subsidies to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering over the years.
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