Ok, this is about Federal government pork barrel waste, but you can get some lessons to apply to local government spending practices.
I notice that a city in Connecticut got $1.9-million for a water taxi program. Local Tavares got two of them used for much, much less, but maybe they should get Congress to provide some gold plating for the local water taxis?
vj
The 2009 Congressional Pig Book is here!
This morning, at a press conference at the National Press Club, Citizens Against Government (CAGW) divulged publicly for the first time that despite the Obama Administration’s and Congress’ claims to the contrary, the cost of pork rose in the fiscal 2009 appropriations bills. From 11,610 pork-barrel projects costing taxpayers $17.2 billion in fiscal 2008, the price tag for our politicians’ self-serving spending climbed 14 percent to $19.6 billion in fiscal 2009, while the number of projects dropped to 10,160.
C-SPAN aired the Pig Book press conference live, and “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” is scheduled to broadcast a story on the 2009 Pig Book tonight. Watch also for CAGW President Tom Schatz’s appearances on “CNBC Reports” tonight at 8:20 and on FOX News Channel’s “FOX & Friends” tomorrow morning at 6:20.
Topping this year’s list of outrageous special-interest projects featured in the Pig Book are:
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$9,500,000 for Corridor H, a perennial pet project of the "King of Pork," Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.);
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$4,545,000 for wood utilization research;
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$1,900,000 for the Pleasure Beach water taxi service in Connecticut; and,
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$1,800,000 for swine odor and manure management research in Iowa.
In short, despite all
the promises of “change,” pork-barrel earmarks - the currency of corruption in
Washington, D.C. - are alive and well.
Search the Pork
Database of all 10,160 projects; check out the recipients of CAGW's
"Oinker"
Awards, which recognize the worst of the worst in this year's
Pig Book; and find out your state’s ranking in our breakdown of
pork per capita by
state.
You can also get your own hard copy of the 2009 Congressional Pig Book Summary by making a tax-deductible contribution of $25 or more to CAGW today.
