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							<title><![CDATA[Bad Medicine: Billions Wasted on Unnecessary Treatments]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1996, a task force of independent healthcare experts recommended that doctors stop giving urine tests to people who did not show symptoms of a urinary tract infection. The test has '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no benefit,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' since even a positive result for elevated bacteria levels does not mean the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cities Have Little To Show for Big Spending]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/17/zero_sum_cities_have_little_to_show_for_big_spending_1189046.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's largest cities are increasing their spending at almost unprecedented rates.A RealClearInvestigations analysis of cities with at least 500,000 residents found they cumulatively raised]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Everything's Bigger in Texas, Including School Debt]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State of Texas has become as synonymous with crippling public school debt as it is with oil wells and tumbleweeds. Its public schools have $148.3 billion in bond debt]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unbridled: How Massive Pentagon Spending Happens by Design]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/05/13/unbridled_how_massive_pentagon_spending_happens_by_design_1109707.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like the weather, everyone complains about Pentagon spending and mismanagement, but no one does anything about it. Leaders of the world's most expensive military have refused to c]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Layoffs at 'Luxurious' Federal Agency]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Topline:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, one of seven small agencies ordered to reduce its workforce in President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' March 15 executive order, had a payroll of $28.6 million in 2024, according to data obtained by OpenTheBooks.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Might of the Living Feds]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Bob Ivry and Jeremy Portnoy, RealClearInvestigationsMarch 25, 2025In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation to connect lower-income Americans involved in civil disputes with free le]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Can't the Pentagon's Bean Counters Shoot Straight?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To crack down on Pentagon spending, the Defense Department adopted a program in 2015 to track spending on lodging and entertainment]]></description>
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