Monday, April 11, 2005
Your tax dollars at work?
CONGRESSIONAL PORK
I'm not going to list things like I did last year. Instead, you should go to this site to download your own copy of the "Pig Book."
To show that I still care, I will give you the:
"Oinkers of 2005"
The Sapping the Taxpayers Award: for $6.3 million for wood utilization research.
The Halls of Shame Award: for $1.4 million for various Halls of Fame, including: $75,000 for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame and $70,000 for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame.
The Goofy Earmark Award: for $300,000 for Anaheim Resort Transit (read: Disneyland) bus and bus facilities in the district of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).
La Pork-a-Racha Award: for $25,000 for the Clark County School District in Nevada for curriculum development to study mariachi music.
The Up in Smoke Award: for $23.8 million in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program grants.
The Fiscal Unfitness Award: for $6.7 million in YMCA funding.
The Hogzilla Award: to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for his $646 million in pork for Alaska.
The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Pork Award: for $100,000 for the Tiger Woods Foundation.
The Pirates on the Potomac Award: for $2 million for the buyback of the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht.
The Burrowing a Hole in our Wallets Award: to Representative John Peterson (R-Pa.) for adding $100,000 for the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center Museum.
The Pig Dig Award: for $3.3 million for start-up operations at the Capitol Visitor Center.
The Flipping the Byrd at the Taxpayer Award: to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) for his $399 million in pork for West Virginia.
The Don't Step in It Award: for $1.7 million for the International Fertilizer Development Association.
The Hog Heaven Award: for $8.2 million for the Fort Lewis Army Chapel, which offers diverse services for Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even Wiccans. ¶ 12:35 PM
I'm not going to list things like I did last year. Instead, you should go to this site to download your own copy of the "Pig Book."
To show that I still care, I will give you the:
"Oinkers of 2005"
The Sapping the Taxpayers Award: for $6.3 million for wood utilization research.
The Halls of Shame Award: for $1.4 million for various Halls of Fame, including: $75,000 for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame and $70,000 for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame.
The Goofy Earmark Award: for $300,000 for Anaheim Resort Transit (read: Disneyland) bus and bus facilities in the district of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).
La Pork-a-Racha Award: for $25,000 for the Clark County School District in Nevada for curriculum development to study mariachi music.
The Up in Smoke Award: for $23.8 million in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program grants.
The Fiscal Unfitness Award: for $6.7 million in YMCA funding.
The Hogzilla Award: to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for his $646 million in pork for Alaska.
The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Pork Award: for $100,000 for the Tiger Woods Foundation.
The Pirates on the Potomac Award: for $2 million for the buyback of the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht.
The Burrowing a Hole in our Wallets Award: to Representative John Peterson (R-Pa.) for adding $100,000 for the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center Museum.
The Pig Dig Award: for $3.3 million for start-up operations at the Capitol Visitor Center.
The Flipping the Byrd at the Taxpayer Award: to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) for his $399 million in pork for West Virginia.
The Don't Step in It Award: for $1.7 million for the International Fertilizer Development Association.
The Hog Heaven Award: for $8.2 million for the Fort Lewis Army Chapel, which offers diverse services for Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even Wiccans. ¶ 12:35 PM
