Government Waste - Michael Crowley

Our cars should go farther now -- and with fewer fill ups. Is the road to hell paved with politicians?

To cut benefits costs, companies are waging war on their retirees.

Pretending to help the disabled, lawyers have come up with a whole new scam.

We're paying for studies to heal sick kids and the elderly. We're getting swindled instead.

The more we believe the twisted numbers, the dumber we get.

Fat cats are hiding billions from Uncle Sam, leaving the rest of us to pay.

While our troops are dying, crooks are getting rich on the war.

Biotech firms are making big bucks -- and preventing vital research -- by patenting human genes.

Want to be America's envoy to a tropical paradise? Just open your wallet -- wide.

Why are your tax dollars lining the pockets of wealthy farm owners?

By Sacha Zimmerman, Guest Columnist in Reader's Digest - March 2007

Michael Crowley