March 19, 2010 1:32PM # This Week in Government Failure By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) --- SHARE Over at [Downsizing Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this week: - Another day, another cost overrun at the Pentagon. This time it’s the [Joint Strike Fighter](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/joint-strike-fighter-cost-overruns). - Office of Personnel Management director [John Berry](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/angry-john-berry) has a hissy fit over Cato shining a light on excessive wages and benefits for government employees at a time when the private sector is bleeding jobs. - Nationalizing federal [higher education subsidies](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/higher-education-subsidies) is still a loser for taxpayers. The best solution is to get rid of them altogether. - [Sugar subsidies](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/sugar-subsidies-not-so-sweet) aren’t so sweet for consumers and manufacturers who use it in their products. - The only way to stop [ACORN](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/to-kill-acorn-kill-programs) from getting taxpayer money is to kill the programs that fund it. - Greece is turning to [privatization](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/greece-privatize-we-should-too) to help solve its debt problems. The U.S. should do the same. ##### Related Tags [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).