Get On The Porkbusters Bandwagon
Have you heard about the Porkbusters initiative? Glenn Reynolds and N.Z. Bear came up with the simple idea that, in order to help pay for the Katrina cleanup effort, individual bloggers and Netizens of all stripes should ferret out local pork projects and then pressure their Congresscritters to redirect said pork to those who really need it. The idea’s getting some press coverage as well as some play in the halls of Congress, both of which are beneficial in my opinion. So check out how your states are benefiting from unnecessary Federal spending and then add your findings to the collective list.
In news a bit closer to home, protests continue over the idiotic pay raises PA Commonwealth officials instituted for themselves, with a giant pig awaiting the return of the legislators and a giant protest timed to coincide with the start of the new lawmaking session.
Toss the bums out, the lot of ‘em.
I’ve put together a spreadsheet of 5,091 earmarks (All 50 States) as part of the analysis of the Highway Bill with respect to Ohio’s pork.
Spreadsheet (in zip format): HighwayBill.zip detailing $14,823,809,666 in earmarks.
Thanks for the links!
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