Pork kills.
Not bacon and cholesterol, bone-headed politicians.
The American Red Cross has an annual budget of $6-12 billion dollars.
In light of this, consider the most recent "highway bill" which has become a huge pork barrel bill, with many earmarked and irrelevant recipients. It totaled $256 billion.
How much money could have gone to prevention and rescue rather than this bullshit?
The "Bridge to Nowhere", in South Carolina, connecting two towns with 2000 people each. $25 million.
$3 million to renovate a museum honoring the Packard Motor Car.
$1.6 million for a botanical garden in Missouri.
$2.75 milion to build an access road to a baseball stadium in Dayton, Ohio
$3 million that was earmarked to produce a documentary for public television on the subject of "infrastructure awareness."
Update:
Tim Cavanaugh agrees, and I didn't plan this.
Update 2:
The Heritage Foundation agrees
The American Red Cross has an annual budget of $6-12 billion dollars.
In light of this, consider the most recent "highway bill" which has become a huge pork barrel bill, with many earmarked and irrelevant recipients. It totaled $256 billion.
How much money could have gone to prevention and rescue rather than this bullshit?
The "Bridge to Nowhere", in South Carolina, connecting two towns with 2000 people each. $25 million.
$3 million to renovate a museum honoring the Packard Motor Car.
$1.6 million for a botanical garden in Missouri.
$2.75 milion to build an access road to a baseball stadium in Dayton, Ohio
$3 million that was earmarked to produce a documentary for public television on the subject of "infrastructure awareness."
Update:
Tim Cavanaugh agrees, and I didn't plan this.
Update 2:
The Heritage Foundation agrees
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