Pork barrel spending on the rise in Congress, watchdog group says
Source: Washington Post
Despite declaring a moratorium on pork-barrel spending more than five years ago, members of Congress secured 163 earmarks in the 2017 federal budget worth $6.8 billion, according to a new report by Citizens Against Government Waste.
Spending on the special projects — often requested by a single member of Congress for companies and organizations in their districts — represents more than a doubling of the $3.3 billion in earmarks the group identified in the 2012 budget.
The ban began in 2012, but has long been criticized by both members of Congress and watchdog groups as being ineffective. The new report, the group said, demonstrates how members are finding it easier to ignore and find ways around the ban.
“Some members of Congress are trying to return the wasteful and corrupt system to prominence even after taxpayers delivered a 'drain the swamp' message to D.C. less than a year ago,” said Tom Schatz, president of the group in a prepared statement, adding that it is time to “adopt a permanent ban on pork-barrel earmarks.”
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How child-like RW'ers see it.
How 51% of America and every other nation, excluding Putin's Russia see it.
but I damn sure don't want my Congresspersons doing a damn thing with my tax money to benefit me!
