THE NC Herd Fan
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Democrats start with earmarks aplenty
Partisan wrangling mars Senate wilderness bill
This bill has more pork than a Jimmy Dean Sausage Factory. 
Quote:For example, Coburn said, the bill includes $3 million for a "road to nowhere" through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; $460 million for a water project designed to save 500 salmon in California; and $3.5 million to help celebrate the 450th birthday of St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015.
This is exactly what we need to do when Obama is already proposing a nearly $1trillion deficit addition for "economic stimulus".
The democrats now mostly unchecked are going to ruin this country.
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Paul M
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RE: Democrats start with earmarks aplenty
A few fishermen with appetites could fish those 500 salmon and save us $460 million. Hell, you could save half that money by offering a reward of half a million for each killed fish.
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RE: Democrats start with earmarks aplenty
(01-10-2009 02:16 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: and $3.5 million to help celebrate the 450th birthday of St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015.
According to Wikipedia St. Augustine has a population of 12,157. At $3.5 mil that's $288 per resident. Nice.
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RE: Democrats start with earmarks aplenty
The Democrats? Alaska had two Republican senators when the bill was written & the environmentalists are opposed to the road. It seems like the Republicans will be more than willing to help lead us to ruin.
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Democrats start with earmarks aplenty
