The Swine Line

Oink! Book Has Congress’ Biggest Porkers
Report Shows Where Billions Of Tax Dollars Are Going: Earmarks

…”You know, when you’re at war, and you know you got a war on two fronts, the first thing you think of is golf, isn’t it?” said Leslie Paige, vice president of the tax watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste. “That’s the first thing that comes to mind.”

First Tee is just one of the so-called “pork projects” highlighted in the new “Pig Book,” put out by Citizens Against Government Waste.

The Pig Book portrays a Congress with an insatiable appetite for “pork,” spending your tax dollars on pet projects, often to help members win votes - or campaign contributions.

There’s $3 million to help the diamond trade.

Nearly a $1million to manage noxious weeds in Idaho.

And there’s money for the National Mule and Packers Museum, and a walking tour of a tiny town in Virginia - with a population of 474.

There are more earmarks than ever this year - 11,600 of them - totaling more than $17 billion tax dollars.

What’s wrong with members of Congress trying to get money for their district?

“There is no competitive bidding,” Paige said. “There is no accountability. So this is money that is secretive and unaccountable. That is not a way to spend taxpayer dollars. In fact, it is an invitation to corruption.”

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