April 23, 2010 1:51PM 

# 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:

- You wouldn’t know it based on comments from members of Congress, but the U.S. Postal Service has a serious [union problem](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/the-postal-services-union-problem).
- [Food stamp](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/rising-food-stamp-dependency) cost and usage are at record highs. And no, it’s not good for the economy.
- When it comes to [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/obamas-fannie-and-freddie-amnesia), President Obama has amnesia.
- The federal government has more [food subsidy](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/food-subsidies-overkill) programs than Tiger Woods had girlfriends.
- There’s not much difference between [Sen. Kent Conrad’s budget proposal](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/conrads-budget-proposal) and the president’s. Both would continue the massive spending, deficits, and debt that are bankrupting the country.

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