Cut PORK Projects? Politicians say No Thanks, heres the list

[Mari333]

http://truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters.php

[Serial Mom]

1. Most citizens on the receiving end of pork, want it stopped

to help the government help victims of Katrina (and now, possibly Rita) instead of borrowing the money from other nations. Those REPUKES!

From the San Jose Mercury New
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12696958.htm
"Kiss my ear!" Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, told a Fairbanks newspaper reporter when asked whether he'd return the $223 million he'd "earmarked" for a bridge in the Alaskan outback. Young is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, scoffed at the suggestion that he give up his earmarks, saying highway projects in his district contributed to economic growth. One watchdog group estimated DeLay's total earmarks at $114.4 million over five years.

"My earmarks are pretty important to building an economy in that region," DeLay said. "What's good about the highway bill ... is it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. It is an economic engine that drives the economy."


Why can't they listen to their constituents?

[Mari333]

2. They live in a wealth bubble and they are drunk with power

[smirkymonkey]

3. Nominated and Kicked

[madrchsod]

4. 2.5 million to pay for

a riverfront walk in dixon,illinois courtesy of denny the fixer hastret.

[damntexdem]

5. Instead, let's get rid of pork-barrel programs like student loans, ...

and healthcare for the poor.