So. This morning, Drudge posted these links: • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $2,531,600 FOR 'HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB'... • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED'... • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,562,568 FOR 'MOZZARELLA...
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Tabitha Hale
on 07-20-2009
Filed under: pork, stimulus, Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack
Guess what’s in the health bill Congress has been working on? Aside from terrible policies designed to put our nation on the path to single-payer government care that will bankrupt the country and harm the health of millions of Americans, I mean. The Boston Globe reports: Tucked within is a provision...
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Alexa Shrugged
on 07-13-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, health care, bike paths, jungle gyms
Unemployment is at the highest it's been in decades, the American people are hurting. Here comes President Obama's stimulus package to the rescue . . . with a $4 million project to add a bike and pedestrian path to a bridge? You read that correct, the Kansas City Star reports this planned project...
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) is coming under scrutiny for an earmark request for an exclusive private club. The Seattle Times has the story: A $250,000 request to fund a "window repair and limestone sill replacement" at The Rainier Club — one of Seattle's premier private clubs, whose...
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Alexa Shrugged
on 06-24-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, earmarks, Rainier Club, McDermott