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RATED: This is a long time coming, long time building, long time festering heavy duty outrage that began with me, somewhere back in the late 1960s when I first read about a $120,000 Government Grant for the study of the sex habits of the Aardvark! |
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Political Pig Feeding at the Nay Voter Trough. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ |
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You see, people, these money allocations do not just appear under a pillow like some Tooth Fairy reward. Noweveryone knows it is highly against the law to buy votes in elections and such. So, handing some Representative or Senator some cash for his vote on a particular issue in a certain way is out, right? No! Wrong! Now it might be disguised as a mild mannered lobbyist or whatever, but various laws, bills and actions are passed not necessarily by their merit but by awarding certain voter participants a tacked on addendum to the primary bill. This is to say for instance, a bill to Cut Taxes is being fought over. It is quite legal regardless of how unethical it may appear or be, to gain a vote for the passage by allowing a certain voter to add his/her own little area monetary award to placate certain entities of their state who backed the politicians election. So, you see, a lot of the earnest faces you see on TV being put forth by various politicos speaking how they are fighting for the American Taxpayer cause this or that is good or bad simply aint so: they are fighting for it because they have their own stake involved; or they are fighting against because they dont. Now, are these things out and out payoffs or bribes? Well, I am not going to stick my feathered butt that far out on the limb however, common sense ought to provide you the answer. And if it doesnt, then you look at some of the grants given below and you make up your own mind, if the monies actually went to where they were predicated to go. Its no wonder a Nation such as ours can go from a 2 Trillion surplus to a near 3 Trillion deficit in a blink of an eye. And remember, the next time that you hear these arguments about for or against a Tax Cut for the American Taxpayer, figure out who is getting their piece of the pie and who is not. And when you hear some politico bitching about the cost of an American President doing a great thing for The People and the most honorable service men and women by landing on an aircraft carrier: which nearly the entire nation applauded; yet you hear certain cranky old voices feebly raised in mock moral outrage then know, they are simply ticked off that they did not think of it first! Listed below are but a few of the politicians private agendas in various states, with probably hardly any of the states citizens in question knowing a thing about it and certainly not the average American citizen until at least the fact is over and done with. The facts and figures come from the National Heritage Foundation the comments in parenthesis behind them come from me, and are free of charge! Snow Owl |
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"One can only begin to imagine," says Heritage, "what possessed a majority in Congress to believe that spending more than a quarter of a million taxpayer dollars to help a prosperous Kansas City suburb confront an infestation of alienated teenagers dressed in black and posing as spawns of Nosferatu is an essential responsibility of the national government." From National Heritage Foundation. | ||
Pork Report: From IBM To Rock 'N' Roll 04.23.03, 10:30 AM ET |
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PLEASE NOTEthe emphasizing with red of certain passages is my doingSnow Owl | ||
WASHINGTON , D.C. - Feeling a little poor after paying your 2002 income taxes? You also may begin feeling a little angry when you hear where some of your tax dollars are going. Just out with an update is Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington, D.C.-based group that publishes an annual report known as the Congressional Pig Book. Overlapping such classic pork is the broader category of corporate welfare, which the Heritage Foundation estimates costs taxpayers more than $90 billion per year. A prime example: the Advanced Technology Program, which is supposed to help companies fund research and bring it to market. The stated purpose of President Bush's request for supplemental war funding was to support the Department of Defense operations in Iraq and the Department of Homeland Security. More specifically, "to provide our troops with the resources necessary to fight and win the war in Iraq, to respond to increased homeland security needs, and to strengthen the capabilities of our allies." So how is it that the Ames , Iowa agricultural research station received a $98 million earmark in the supplemental war budget? According to Senator Harkin, these funds are crucial in order to combat bioterrorism in the form of animal diseases. He further went on to claim that the lab in Ames will be "one of the key elements in our national effort in the war on bioterrorism." That's a bit of a stretch, Senator, and a disgrace as well. At a time of war, the nation looks to elected officials to set an example of leadership and an unwavering commitment to our men and women risking their lives overseas. Every dollar spent on pork barrel projects is a dollar that does not go to protect the nation and support our troops. Now is not the time to squander precious resources on pork projects, particularly when the Ames facility received a $33 million earmark less than eight weeks ago in the fiscal 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Senator Harkin also secured a $50 million earmark for this project in last year's supplemental appropriations bill, which was also intended to help fight the war on terrorism. Demonstrating the lack of need for more money, there was no request for any funds for this facility in the President's fiscal 2004 budget. Enough is enough. The wartime supplemental should not be loaded up with unrelated funding and extraneous items. It should only fund those needs directly arising from the Iraqi conflict and the global war against terror. Since September 11, the Congress's profligate spending habits have been more shameful than ever. Now, it's time to support the troops and give the American taxpayer a break. For placing parochial pork-barrel projects above the protection of the nation, Sen. Tom Harkin is April's Porker of the Month. END OF PORK REPORT |
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And here are a couple more gems gathered from the National Heritage Foundation and CAGW:
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