To: Founding Father
Gee, they're spending $$ for everything else.
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07/18/2006 1:10:10 PM PDT by
proud_yank
(If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
To: proud_yank
Gee, they're spending $$ for everything else.
2006 Congressional Pig Book Summary
This year, there was good news and bad news. For fiscal 2006, appropriators stuffed 9,963 projects into the 11 appropriations bills, a 29 percent decrease over last years total of 13,997. Despite the reduction in the number of earmarks, Congress porked out at record dollar levels with $29 billion in pork for 2006, or 6.2 percent more than last years total of $27.3 billion. In fact, the total cost of pork has increased by 29 percent since fiscal 2003. Total pork identified by CAGW since 1991 adds up to $241 billion.
Even though Alaska led the nation with $489 per capita ($325 million), it was less than half of Alaskas 2005 per capita number of $985. The runners up in 2006 were Hawaii with $378 per capita ($482 million) and the District of Columbia with $182 per capita ($100 million). Alaskas drop can be attributed to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) descent from the throne as Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman.
Unless I'm mistaken, the pork that the CAGW has uncovered over the past two years would have paid for a much more secure border.
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