Downsizing Blog
Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment
As Obama administration officials head for the door at the Department of the Treasury, they have released a new study on infrastructure.
Federal R&D Funding
The federal government spent $147 billion on research and development in 2016, including $77 billion on defense and $70 billion on nondefense.
Devolving Federal Lands
The federal government owns 28 percent of the land in the United States, including about half of the land in the 11 westernmost states.
Navy Corruption Scandal
The Washington Post has published another report on the Glenn Defense Navy scandal.
Cutting Energy Subsidies
The incoming Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, has talked in the past about abolishing the department that he will be running.
Corporate Welfare and Corruption
President-elect Donald Trump says that he will cut wasteful spending and “drain the swamp” in Washington.
Pentagon Bureaucratic Waste: $125 Billion
The Washington Post has a blockbuster story today documenting vast overhead costs in the Department of Defense (DoD).
Heritage Foundation Infrastructure Proposals
In a new report for the Heritage Foundation, Michael Sargent summarizes what we need on infrastructure from the incoming Trump administration.
Trump’s $10 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
President-elect Donald Trump has promised large increases in infrastructure investment.
Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act
Cato’s forum on Capitol Hill yesterday featured Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma. The senator mainly talked about his Federal Fumbles report, but he also mentioned his proposed “Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act.”