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Stop Oklahoma taxpayer funds for space travel
Needless to say, space travel is not a core function of Oklahoma state government. When it was created in 1999, the Oklahoma Space Ind...
This week in government waste
One is tempted to blog this week about the seven school systems, seven superintendents, and seven administrative staffs—in one Oklahoma ...
This week in government waste
I was reading previous years’ Governor’s Budget Books over the weekend, and decided it might be informative to total the amount of past ...
Big government’s wastefulness is appalling
The reason taxpayers must support “limited government” is because the larger the government, the more inefficient and unaccountable it b...
Oklahoma needs to spend less, not more, on higher education
You’ve heard it a thousand times and can probably repeat it in your sleep: “Investing more in higher education will spur economic growth...
This week in government waste
It's a good thing Oklahoma’s Republican-controlled Legislature came up with a few hundred million dollars in (ahem) "revenue enhancement...
This week in government waste
Attorney General Drew Edmondson spends $4,000+ telling everyone how swell he is.
Community Spirit in the 21st Century
When government does not perform up to our expectations the usual response is either to decry its wastefulness or to acquiesce to higher...
This week in government waste
A NewsOk.com story last week reported that an Oklahoma State University employee used her university credit card to purchase "tens of th...
This week in government waste
After an apparent year-long search, Oklahoma State University last month filled the nonsensical position of "vice president of instituti...
This week in government waste
The Oklahoma Teacher Retirement System is spending nearly $105,000 on office renovations and new furniture, according to an investigatio...
50 Ways to Leave Your (Socialist) Lover
Oklahoma is facing a major budget shortfall with no end in sight. OCPA has 50 nifty ideas to help government reduce waste and save money.
Government-waste taxonomy
"The many types of government waste can be placed on a 'Government Waste Taxonomy' tree chart," writes James M. Hohman of the Mackinac C...
