Over at Downsizing the Federal Government, we focused on the following issues this week:

• Michael Tanner’s new paper is a sobering reminder that it’s the major entitlement programs that are pushing us toward the cliff’s edge.
• This week the House Republican leadership finally put the Pentagon on the chopping block. However, the cuts suggested by the GOP are pathetic.
• The federal government engages in a lot of activities that are difficult to defend. But when it comes to sugar, the government’s protections are clearly indefensible.
• We’re still looking for a convincing argument as to why farmers deserve taxpayer- and consumer-funded special treatment compared with other businesses.
• Record spending levels…trillion dollar plus deficits…mountainous debt…a weak economy…what, Congress worry?
• Uncle Sam sticks it to the Easter Bunny.

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