I noticed that a Republican president signed a bill passed by a Republican congress today that contained a hell of a lot of spending. You know, guys, those tax cuts do have to sort of kinda balance out at some point.
From the New York Times.- About 8 percent of the $286.4 billion bill is set aside for more than 6,000 special projects inserted by lawmakers. Many of them were added by senators to an already bulging House version of the bill that passed in March. Setting aside funds for specific roads, in what's called earmarking, was banned by the House in 1914. In 1982, the ban began to crumble.
State by state pork:
Taxpayers for Common Sense
And what the hell is up with the Texas delegation? Fuck ya'll. House majority leader, President, and we still came in
fifth in allocations? Behind Alaska, of all states? Oh, the humanity! Yet another reason to hate motherfucking asshole Tom DeLay. Can't even effectively bring pork home. Sheesh.
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