August 19, 2011 11:40AM # This Week in Government Failure By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) --- SHARE Over at [Downsizing the Federal Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this past week: - It’s darkly comical that the same [entity responsible for killing countless private sector jobs](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-job-training-follies) with its taxes and regulations operates job training programs. - [Warren Buffett](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/buffett-should-put-or-shut) should put up or shut up. - Two polls of likely voters released by Rasmussen Reports indicate that the federal government’s [corporate welfare programs](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/voters-don%E2%80%99t-support-corporate-welfare) should be prime targets for spending cuts. - *The Washington Post* asks for budget plans. [We have one](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/washington-post-asks-budget-plans). - Despite [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/fannie-mae-no-hope-or-change) role in driving the housing bubble and $160 billion in taxpayer losses (so far), President Obama appears to be considering just putting the same failed system in place. 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). ##### 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/).