Citizens Against Government Waste

Also known as CAGW

• http://www.cagw.org/

Details

• Publishes PA Piglet Book Read the Pennsylvania Piglet Book online.

CAGW in conjunction with the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives has released the Pennsylvania Piglet Book 2006, identifying $8 billion in potential savings for state taxpayers over two years.

Examples of wasteful spending from the report include:

• $230 million for government-run day care initiatives;
• $30 million for PNC Bank to build a new office, condominium, and retail section in Pittsburgh; and
• $2 million for the development of a 36,000-square-foot House of Blues in Philadelphia.

Issues

• War_On_Drugs-plank-CAGW

Links

Past Porker Awards to:

• Robert Byrd
• Arlen Specter