Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
To Discuss the Final Report of the National Council on Public Works Improvement
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Fragile Foundations
Author: National Council on Public Works Improvement (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A report on America's public works : final report to the President and the Congress.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A report on America's public works : final report to the President and the Congress.
Case for Earmarked Taxes
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451922671
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The earmarking (or setting aside) of revenues from various taxes for specific types of expenditure is a much maligned fiscal practice. The paper examines a number of theoretical arguments and institutional circumstances under which earmarking (even widespread earmarking) may be welfare enhancing. The paper also questions the criticism that earmarking seriously erodes budgetary efficiency, and draws on the experience of Colombia to demonstrate that the worst fears of critics do not necessarily come to pass.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451922671
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The earmarking (or setting aside) of revenues from various taxes for specific types of expenditure is a much maligned fiscal practice. The paper examines a number of theoretical arguments and institutional circumstances under which earmarking (even widespread earmarking) may be welfare enhancing. The paper also questions the criticism that earmarking seriously erodes budgetary efficiency, and draws on the experience of Colombia to demonstrate that the worst fears of critics do not necessarily come to pass.
The Construction Sector in the Asian Economies
Author: Y. H. Chiang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415286138
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This comprehensive and up-to-date collection of data on the Asian construction sector presents a unique guide to construction economics in the following countries: Australia, China Mainland, China Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415286138
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This comprehensive and up-to-date collection of data on the Asian construction sector presents a unique guide to construction economics in the following countries: Australia, China Mainland, China Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Framing the Dialogue
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Rebuilding the foundations : a special report on state and local public works financing and management.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Guidelines for Public Expenditure Management
Author: Mr.Jack Diamond
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781557757876
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Traditionally, economics training in public finances has focused more on tax than public expenditure issues, and within expenditure, more on policy considerations than the more mundane matters of public expenditure management. For many years, the IMF's Public Expenditure Management Division has answered specific questions raised by fiscal economists on such missions. Based on this experience, these guidelines arose from the need to provide a general overview of the principles and practices observed in three key aspects of public expenditure management: budget preparation, budget execution, and cash planning. For each aspect of public expenditure management, the guidelines identify separately the differing practices in four groups of countries - the francophone systems, the Commonwealth systems, Latin America, and those in the transition economies. Edited by Barry H. Potter and Jack Diamond, this publication is intended for a general fiscal, or a general budget, advisor interested in the macroeconomic dimension of public expenditure management.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781557757876
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Traditionally, economics training in public finances has focused more on tax than public expenditure issues, and within expenditure, more on policy considerations than the more mundane matters of public expenditure management. For many years, the IMF's Public Expenditure Management Division has answered specific questions raised by fiscal economists on such missions. Based on this experience, these guidelines arose from the need to provide a general overview of the principles and practices observed in three key aspects of public expenditure management: budget preparation, budget execution, and cash planning. For each aspect of public expenditure management, the guidelines identify separately the differing practices in four groups of countries - the francophone systems, the Commonwealth systems, Latin America, and those in the transition economies. Edited by Barry H. Potter and Jack Diamond, this publication is intended for a general fiscal, or a general budget, advisor interested in the macroeconomic dimension of public expenditure management.
Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1945
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Who Pays for Public Works
Author: James Leigland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description