May 6, 2011 5:03PM 

# This Week in Government Failure 

By [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards) 

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Tad DeHaven has gone fishing with his dad, so I’ve got weekly wrap-up duties.

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

- [Randal O’Toole talks](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/dodging-high-speed-bullet-train) high-speed trains.
- [Tad says that ](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/debt-ceiling-political-games)he’s “hot and bothered” by politics on Capitol Hill.
- [Tad compares](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/budget-cutting-its-1995) budgeting in 1995 and 2011.
- [Dan Griswold describes](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/sugar-program-higher-prices-short-supplies) the idiocy of federal sugar policies.
- [I discuss fiscal policy and royal weddings](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/a-fiscal-royal-wedding). Obama is talking corporate tax cuts and Republicans are talking spending cuts. I’ve got a great idea for a bipartisan deal!

To close out, Tad would usually say something tech-savvy such as “follow Downsizing the Federal Government on Twitter ([@DownsizeTheFeds](http://twitter.com/DownsizeTheFeds)) and connect with us [on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Downsizing-the-Federal-Government/26635669039).”

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