According to Pogo, here are 10 basic questions about tax expenditures and the economy for which there are no meaningful answers. Here are the first 5 questions–the answers are all “we don’t know”:

1. How many federal dollars are spent in my community?

2. What small businesses in my community are receiving federal dollars?

3. How many jobs were created with federal spending?

4. How much fraud is there in federal spending?

5. What happens to the federal spending that falls through the cracks?