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Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off and Congress Does Nothing

Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off and Congress Does Nothing
The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington in the morning hours on Jan. 20, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Milton Friedman used to quip that, in Washington, if a government program is working, Congress says we need to spend more money on it. And if a government program is failing, Congress concludes we are not spending enough money on it.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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