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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Mayor Muriel Bowser May 2025 Porker of the Month
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) its May 2025 Porker of the Month for wanting to spend more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds for a new Washington Commanders football stadium. On April 28, 2025, Mayor Bowser and the Commanders announced a deal that would bring the team back to Washington, D.C.'s Robert F. Kennedy stadium. The Commanders would contribute $2.7 billion toward the project, but the District would still be on the hook for $500 million in costs over four years and another $500 million for infrastructure improvements. Mayor Bowser promoted the deal as a major achievement, despite D.C.'s escalating housing prices, failing schools, and metro transit system approaching bankruptcy. Mayor Bowser is promising the team $1 billion in taxpayer dollars, but it is unclear where she will find it after the city's budget was just cut by $1 billion. CAGW President Tom Schatz said, "Mayor Bowser's announcement is yet another sweetheart stadium deal. What she is disguising as 'revitalization' for the area is instead money going straight into the owner's pocket. Mayor Bowser should be reducing spending and directing funds into areas of the city that need help, not gouging taxpayers to help fund a new stadium for a billionaire owner. For being completely callous and fumbling away taxpayer dollars, Mayor Bowser is an easy choice for May Porker of the Month." Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. For more than two decades, Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers and government officials who have shown a blatant disregard for the taxpayers. View source version on Contacts Alexandra Abrams (202) 467-5310aabrams@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Mayor Muriel Bowser May 2025 Porker of the Month
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) its May 2025 Porker of the Month for wanting to spend more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds for a new Washington Commanders football stadium. Mayor Bowser is promising the team $1 billion in taxpayer dollars, but it is unclear where she will find it after the city's budget was just cut by $1 billion. Share On April 28, 2025, Mayor Bowser and the Commanders announced a deal that would bring the team back to Washington, D.C.'s Robert F. Kennedy stadium. The Commanders would contribute $2.7 billion toward the project, but the District would still be on the hook for $500 million in costs over four years and another $500 million for infrastructure improvements. Mayor Bowser promoted the deal as a major achievement, despite D.C.'s escalating housing prices, failing schools, and metro transit system approaching bankruptcy. Mayor Bowser is promising the team $1 billion in taxpayer dollars, but it is unclear where she will find it after the city's budget was just cut by $1 billion. CAGW President Tom Schatz said, 'Mayor Bowser's announcement is yet another sweetheart stadium deal. What she is disguising as 'revitalization' for the area is instead money going straight into the owner's pocket. Mayor Bowser should be reducing spending and directing funds into areas of the city that need help, not gouging taxpayers to help fund a new stadium for a billionaire owner. For being completely callous and fumbling away taxpayer dollars, Mayor Bowser is an easy choice for May Porker of the Month.' Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. For more than two decades, Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers and government officials who have shown a blatant disregard for the taxpayers.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Citizens Against Government Waste Names Sen. Elizabeth Warren April 2025 Porker of the Month
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) its April 2025 Porker of the Month for her efforts to expand the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Direct File system to prepare and collect everyone's taxes. Direct File is duplicative, costly, and dangerous. It not only competes with the IRS's Free File system that gives taxpayers the ability to use private sector programs but also is limited and ineffective since it cannot be used for state income tax returns and taxpayers were unable to claim education tax credits. In December 2024, the IRS estimated that Direct File would cost $24.6 million and be used by at least 2.3 million taxpayers. But a March 20, 2025, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report said it cost $33.4 million and only 104,800 returns out of 423,450 filed were accepted. Direct File was also set up without any statutory authority. CAGW President Tom Schatz said, "Sen. Warren's push to expand the duplicative and wasteful Direct File program shows her complete disregard for protecting taxpayer dollars and information. Only taxpayers know their personal financial situation, but Direct File is allowing the IRS to become the preparer, biller, and enforcer of everyone's taxes. Filing taxes is already difficult and stressful enough for taxpayers. Sen. Warren should be ashamed of her proposal that will waste money and harm taxpayers across America. For her efforts to expand the size and scope of the IRS's power and take away personal control, Sen. Warren was an easy choice for this month's Porker." Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. For more than two decades, Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers and government officials who have shown a blatant disregard for the taxpayers. View source version on Contacts Alexandra Abrams (202) 467-5310aabrams@
Associated Press
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
CAGW Releases Comprehensive Waste-Cutting Proposals for the 119th Congress
Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its Critical Waste Issues for the 119th Congress. The publication is a concentrated list of some of the most important proposals that CAGW believes will result in a smaller and more efficient government. The budget deficit was $1.7 trillion in fiscal year (FY) 2023 and $1.83 trillion in FY 2024, and will average $2 trillion over the next 10 years. The national debt is $36.4 trillion, and the cost of paying the interest on the debt is larger than any federal expenditure other than Social Security. There could not be a more critical time to reduce government waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and rein in the size and scope of the federal government. Critical Waste Issues for the 119th Congress details 12 policy areas including budget reform, earmarks, healthcare, privacy, technology, and telecommunications, that require immediate attention. As the new Congress sets its legislative priorities, these recommendations should be considered and implemented. CAGW President Tom Schatz said, 'Since CAGW's inception in 1984, the organization has been the leading advocate on behalf of taxpayers to reduce government waste. When questions are asked about where spending can be cut, answers can be found in publications like Critical Waste Issues for the 119th Congress. Members of Congress must implement these recommendations after years of runaway spending and government waste. This publication should be required reading for every member of Congress and all taxpayers and serve as a blueprint for reducing the deficit and making the government more effective and efficient.' Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement, and abuse in government. PUB: 02/04/2025 06:37 PM/DISC: 02/04/2025 06:38 PM
