If Fraud Was An Agency, It Would Be The Federal Government’s 6th Largest
U.S. Taxpayers Lose Up To $521 Billion A Year To Fraud Across The Federal Government, According To A First-Of-Its-Kind Estimate.
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Government Waste
Pork Report: In-N-Out Subsidies, TPAC Move Are Wasteful Government Spending
Nearly $5 Million In Taxpayer Subsidies For In-N-Out Burger, $200 Million To Move The Tennessee Performing Arts Center And Large Property Tax Increases Were All Included In Beacon Center’s Annual Pork Report On Wasteful Taxpayer Spending In The State.
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Questionable COVID-Relief Spending Allegations Pile Up
Lawmakers Are Outraged After Reports That Federal Covid-Relief Tax Dollars May Have Gone To Wealthy Hospitals While Avoiding Helping Out Poor Hospitals In Recovering From The Pandemic.
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IG Reports ‘Historic’ COVID Unemployment Funds Lost, Congress Investigates
As Much As $400 Billion In Covid-19 Unemployment Relief Dollars Were Likely Lost To Waste And Fraudsters. Lawmakers Want Answers.
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‘Trick On Taxpayers’ Outlines Questionable Projects Funded By Pandemic Relief
More And More Federally Funded, Controversial Projects That Came As Part Of Pandemic-Relief Spending Passed By Congress Are Coming To Light, And Few Of Them Do Not Have Anything To Do With The Virus.
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IRS Under Fire Over Wasted Billions Of Dollars And Millions In Backlogs
Lawmakers Continued To Raise Concerns About The Internal Revenue Service At A Congressional Hearing This Week As The Agency Deals With Billions In Misspent Dollars, Hefty Processing Backlogs, And Complaints Over Poor Customer Service.
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Critics Pan Biden’s Plan To Fight Inflation
Inflation Has Risen Steadily Since President Joe Biden Took Office, And His New Plan To Fight Rising Prices Has Been Met With Skepticism By Critics.
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TN Ends No-Bid Contract With Contract Tracing Firm, $65 Million Poorer
The State Of Tennessee Has Wound Down Its Contact Tracing Contract With Xtend Healthcare, A For Profit Medical Billing Firm Hired In June 2020 Through A No-Bid Contract In The Early Months Of The Covid-19 Pandemic As State Resources Quickly Became Overwhelmed.
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Beacon Center’s 2021 Pork Report Highlights Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Waste, Fraud & Abuse In TN
The Beacon Center Of Tennessee Has Released This Year’s “Pork Report” In An Appropriately-Themed “Recipe Book” Entitled 12 Recipes For Government Waste, Fraud And Abuse. The Tongue-In-Cheek Recipes Lay Out The Problems And Offer Up Workable Conservative Solutions.
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DesJarlais Secures Over $175 Million In National Defense Funds For Tennessee
Congressman Scott DesJarlais From Tennessee Voted In Support Of The National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2022. DesJarlais Secured Over $175 Million For Tennessee Based Projects.
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