Unlikely bedfellows uncover nearly $300 billion in common ground

Free-market advocates and environmentalists agree that federal spending which harms the environment has got to go

WASHINGTON – The Green Scissors coalition released a letter today calling on Congress to cut nearly $300 billion in what the group says is both wasteful and environmentally harmful government spending. Although the five groups represented in the coalition come from a wide variety of ideological backgrounds, they have reached a consensus. They all agree that spending programs and tax expenditures that waste money and promote pollution should be cut first to offset the cost of potential infrastructure legislation.

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