How Successful Is DOGE? – OpEd
President Barack Obama created the U.S. Digital Service in 2011. He proclaimed it would be vital in “getting rid of the pointless
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Author: Craig Eyermann
Craig Eyermann is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He is also the creator of MyGovCost.org: Government Cost Calculator. He received his M.S. in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University and M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix, having received a B.S. in both mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Articles by Craig Eyermann :
Government Shutdown Theater Gets A New Plot – OpEd
The scheduled spring performance of government shutdown theater didn’t go as planned this year. The performance was set up just before Christmas 2024, when
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Bureaucrats Paying For Empty Buildings – OpEd
Washington, D.C.’s empty federal office buildings rank high among the most visible examples of wasteful government spending. Where else can you find blocks
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What’s At Stake In The Budget Battle – OpEd
For the first time in years, the U.S. Congress is considering budget bills that could seriously rein in government spending
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Bureaucrats Tossing Gold Bars Off The Titanic – OpEd
During its last four months in power, the Biden-Harris administration opened the U.S. government’s money spigots as wide as they could. Appointed officials
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US Government’s Excessive Spending Scandal Grows Bigger – OpEd
Members of the Biden-Harris administration went on a massive spending bender during their final four months in office. By that,
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Righting Wrongs With The Stroke Of A Presidential Pen – OpEd
The pens of U.S. Presidents have extraordinary power. How much power they have can be seen in the short history
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Bureaucrats Ordered To Go Back To Work – OpEd
The offices where Washington D.C.’s bureaucrats work were largely empty on Monday, January 20, 2025, as Donald Trump was inaugurated as U.S.
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The Festivus Airing Of 2024’s Federal Spending Grievances – OpEd
If you were a fan of the Seinfeld television show in the 1990s or the reruns that still air and
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The US Government’s Building Fiscal Crisis – OpEd
Government spending is going through the roof as the outgoing Biden-Harris administration cements its fiscal legacy of failure. That’s not
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