April 9, 2010 12:57PM 

# This Week in Government Failure 

By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) 

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Over at [Downsizing Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this week:

- Policy wonks on the left are rarely willing to admit that there are deep problems with [central planning](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/the-impulse-centrally-plan).
- Congress is the big hurdle to reforming the [U.S. Postal Service](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/congress-hurdle-usps-reforms).
- Americans unhappy with [overspending in Washington](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/red-state-subsidies) need to get more specific about where they think the federal budget should be cut.
- The [Joint Strike Fighter’s](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/f-35-price-tag-still-soaring) price tag is still soaring.

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[Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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