Over at Downsizing Government, we focused on the following issues this week:

• When given the choice, people overwhelmingly entrust their donations to private charities, not the government.
• The federal government is still facilitating zero‐​downpayment mortgages.
• Federal Reserve employee pay soars.
• Office of Personnel Management director John Berry doesn’t appreciate the fact that regular Americans aren’t enthusiastic about funding generous pay and benefits for federal workers.
• Congresswoman Corrine Brown takes the parochial mindset to a new level by using her power to enrich her own family at taxpayer expense.