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Porker of the Month: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
 Watch CAGW's September Porker of the Month Video
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named New York City (NYC) Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) Porker of the Month for demanding a $5 billion bailout from New York State taxpayers while refusing to make any commonsense cuts in spending. In June, de Blasio requested $5 billion from the state to cover the city’s budget shortfalls even for problems preceding the pandemic. The request both angered city and state comptrollers and offended members of his own party since he has refused to make cuts to the city’s budget. Slashing just 2 percent would save more than $1 billion and finding avenues to save money would not be difficult. City employees make 75 percent more than private-sector workers and 90 percent of them pay no health insurance premiums, so simply requiring both premiums from employees and freezing paychecks for two years would deliver significant savings. Instead of looking at these commonsense reforms, Mayor de Blasio is begging for state money and his high taxes are driving out NYC residents in droves. For failing to put taxpayers first, Mayor de Blasio is the September Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.
CAGW Hosts Event with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
On September 15, CAGW President Tom Schatz held a live online conversation with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.). Rep. McMorris Rodgers has represented Washington’s 5th Congressional district since 2005 and served as the Chair of the House Republican Conference from 2013 through 2019. Rep. McMorris Rodgers and Tom discussed the government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare, consumer privacy, and other critical issues. The event aired live on CAGW’s Facebook page. Watch the conversation with Rep. McMorris Rodgers.
CAGW’s Tom Schatz Makes Multiple Television Appearances
CAGW President Tom Schatz had two television appearances this month. On September 3, Tom appeared on WJLA, Washington D.C.’s ABC affiliate. Tom discussed the house-passed $3 trillion HEROES act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) bill that would funnel nearly $1 trillion to state and local governments to bail out decades of profligate spending. Then on September 20, Tom appeared on “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson, a syndicated television news programs carried by more than one hundred television stations across the country. Tom discussed the release of the 2020 Congressional Pig Book, which exposed $15.9 billion in pork barrel projects inserted by lawmakers into the appropriations bills that fund the federal government. Watch the Full Measure and WJLA interviews.
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