Bush Caught Using Corporate Welfare to Bias Elections (swing state booty)

[tommcintyre]

http://www.progress.org/2004/tcs172.htm

Here is a news update from Taxpayers for Common Sense. TCS is the best organization that monitors excessive government spending, corruption and corporate welfare.

In what is ramping up to be one of the closest elections in our nation's history, it pays to be in a swing state in this year's campaign. Just ask welfare queens such as the Southern Company. On October 21, they received $235 million to subsidize a clean coal energy plant. This handout is not going to California or Utah, but Florida, the home of hanging chads and arguably the most important state in this year's election.

Sure, doling out election year pork is as old as the hills. The President, just like his predecessors, is taking advantage of his ability to steer federal dollars to the places where you can get the biggest bang for the political buck. Generally, incumbents bring home bacon bits to remind voters that they have a political friend that they need to keep in office. But this year, the swing states are by far the big winners.

<This is not surprizing.The Bushies have a long history of shamelessly trading money for favors.

Watch Bush Family Fortunes: The best democracy money can buy by Greg Palast here for more ifo on this>

http://www.independentmediasource.com/video.htm