Our View on Wasteful Federal Spending and Reform
The piece argues that new detailed federal financial statements reveal billions unaccounted for annually, with the GAO auditing the statements and finding widespread deficiencies. It highlights waste in Medicare overpayments, missing Pentagon equipment, and HUD excess spending, urging reforms and disciplined budgeting based on the consolidated statements.
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Clinton
General Accounting Office
Steve Horn
California
Horn
House
Government Reform and Oversight Committee
Pentagon
HUD
GAO
Defense and Justice Departments
Health and Human Services
Agriculture
Commerce
Education
Interior
State
Fashion Week fallout how designers miss real women needs
Joan Beck criticizes New York Fashion Week for showcasing bizarre, ill fitting outfits that deter real buyers. She notes grim models, fringe, sheer slips, and impractical dresses while urging designers to consider moneyed, working women who want contemporary, wearable clothes for daily life and work.
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New York
Cher
Harper’s Bazaar
Time Magazine
Stella McCartney
Madeleine Albright
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Denver
Nation at Risk to Nation Complacent Reconsidered
Mona Charen argues that the United States faces complacency after the 1983 Nation at Risk report. A 30-member reform group proposes ten steps including national assessments and charter schools to restore competitiveness and ensure equal education opportunities for all children.
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Third International
Cyprus
South Africa
Bill Bennett
Ccna
Harvard
America
Sonia
Diane Ravitch
New York University
Japan
Askeah Vukmir
Wisconsin
Finn
Charen
Reagan White House
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Bit Salter Publisher
Ken Brodnax
Joan Beck
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Mona Charen
Washington
Floyd Kramme
Silicon Valley
Milton Friedman
Friedman
U.S
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By Bruce Tinsley