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My Endowment Is Larger Than Yours: Elite Universities Bill Taxpayers While Growing Cash Reserves
President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to reduce federal spending at private universities, especially those he considers “woke” or left-leaning. To some extent, he’s been successful. Private universities received $22.3 billion of fe...
Hidden Fees: Taxpayers on the Hook for Foreign-Linked Health Care Fraud Schemes
This story is the second in an ongoing series on the Cost of Fraud, as Open the Books tallies the hidden fees on American tax returns. Click here to read the first story on fraudulent autism billings.
In January 2026, Centers for Medicare...
Hidden Fees: Federal Taxpayers on the Hook for Autism Fraud Through Medicaid
This story is the first in an ongoing series on the Cost of Fraud, as Open the Books tallies the hidden fees on American tax returns.
Taxpayers are unknowingly sponsoring bad actors’ multi-million-dollar Medicaid reimbursement scams for au...
Revenue Road Trip: Taxpayers Fleeing Urban Counties for Smaller-Government Counterparts
Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with additional public datasets. These findings come straight from Uncle Sam’s own ledger. Read the previous...
IRS Data Confirms: Government employees depressing private sector wages
Beginning with Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with additional public datasets. These findings come straight from Uncle Sam’s own ledger.
Across Ameri...
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