Taxpayers for Common Sense
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a
In 2000, former United States Senator William Proxmire asked Taxpayers for Common Sense to revive the Golden Fleece Award, which was awarded to federal programs that most Americans would agree were wasteful.[2] The first revived Golden Fleece was awarded to the Federal Aviation Administration for the Tampa International Airport.[3]
TCS creates databases of the earmarks that appear in congressional spending bills. TCS is credited with labeling the Gravina Island Bridge proposal in Ketchikan, Alaska, as the "Bridge to Nowhere".[4] The project received a $223 million earmark in 2005 and was later cancelled on September 21, 2007.[5]
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the group received $178,500 in federally backed small business loan from Citibank as part of the Paycheck Protection Program.[6] TCS said it was the first time they had accepted government money.[7][8]
References
- OCLC 167763994.
- ^ Andrzejewski, Adam. "U.S. Senator William Proxmire's Golden Fleece Award Turns 46 Years Old". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- New York Times.
- ^ "Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans". Reuters. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "Groups critical of taxes, spending not opposed to PPP loans". Roll Call. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ Syed, Moiz; Willis, Derek (7 July 2020). "TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE - Coronavirus Bailouts - ProPublica". ProPublica. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Tom Hamburger; Aaron Gregg; Anu Narayanswamy (8 July 2020). "After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefit from government aid program". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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