Posted on 09/09/2009 10:41:38 AM PDT by Mind Freed
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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Hawaii huh????
Hey, just say that you have seen my birth certificate and you can keep putting pork into any bill you want. Deal?
Tea for me, Toast for thee.
“and all were members of the Defense Appropriations Committee.”
Don’t say that too loud here! The “all defense spending is pure and holy” crowd will get all confused and twisted in their thinking.
Not for a half hour though, they still listening to the Rushbot show, Rush telling them what “my friend at Lockheed” is telling him or whatever.
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