Center for Fiscal Accountability - - RSS http://www.fiscalaccountability.org en-us cfa@atr.org This is an RSS feed for CFA News On . We Have Moved - We are Now the Cost of Government Center http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=012612 Friends - thank you for your support and involvement with the Center for Fiscal Accountability. Building on the success of our Cost of Government Day Report, we are re-launching as the Cost of Government Center. The Center will be able to focus mo Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:40 -0500 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=012612 At Long Last: The Final Cost of Government Day Arrives http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=09102011ct Congratulations Connecticut and Happy Cost of Government Day! Connecticut “celebrates” the final Cost of Government Day, twenty-nine days after the national average of August 12. Connecticut taxpayers work longer than residents in any Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=09102011ct Can Governor Christie Lead New Jersey to an Earlier Cost of Government Day? http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=cogdNJ New Jersey “celebrates” the second latest Cost of Government Day in the nation – twenty-five days later the national average of August 12. The Cost of Government Day measures the calendar date by which the average American paid o Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:29:09 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=cogdNJ Oversight Committee Launches Postal Reform Site http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08312011us Today, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa announced the launch of a new website, SavingThePostalService.com, an effort to publicize the growing burden the taxpayer-subsidized mail service has on Americans. Rep. Issa has already in Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:11:59 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08312011us The Big Apple and its Big Government Problem http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08302011ny Today, New York “celebrates” the third latest Cost of Government Day in the nation – eighteen days after the national average of August 12. The Cost of Government Day measures the calendar date by which the average American paid Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:02:47 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08302011ny Maryland Pays for Tax Hikes with Later COGD http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08192011md Maryland “celebrates” its Cost of Government Day eight days after the national average of August 12. Maryland taxpayers must work more days than 46 other states to pay off the cost of government – 232 days out of the year. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08192011md Can You Spot the Real Government Spending? http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08192011rf After the success of their first installment of Real or Fake, the crew at Bankrupting America is back interviewing taxpayers again in their recently released Real or Fake 2 to see whether Americans can identify what government spending is real, and w Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:15:44 -0400 http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=08192011rf