In the next 16 days, Congress will spend more than $3 trillion in taxpayer money. To cover these programs, some Americans will be working up to three hours of each day.
Vast amounts of that money will be spent in the form of earmarks, specially designated pet projects that members of Congress use to bring federal funds back to their home states. Since 44 congressmen make no earmarks at all, that means the rest are doing more than their share. For example, in the House, just 4 percent of members took home 32 percent of all the bacon — and all were members of the Defense Appropriations Committee.
With Washington bleeding green, some congressmen — the princes of pork — are treating you like a giant ATM and can’t spend your money fast enough.
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Glenn Reynolds and many others have been on “since forever” about US “pork barrel politics”. Sitting up here north of the 49th it’s hard to argue with the system because we have it here also but it seems to me to be almost like theft.
“I’ll give you my vote if you give me a bjillion bucks.”
The lame version is that I don’t like it. Not one bit and it needs to be stopped.
The Democratic version of Larry, Curly and Moe.