‘Pig Book’ Details Government Spending on ‘Pet Projects’
Book by Citizens Against Government Waste
The 2009 “Pig Book” is being released today. The book is a detailed account of “pet project” or “pork barrel” government spending.
This year’s “Pig Book” reports that the government has funded fewer pet projects but spent more money on earmarks overall.
‘Pig Book’ by the numbers
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LegiStorm Part 7 | Understanding Earmarks
How special projects get funding
You can tell a lot about lawmakers’ personal interests by checking out the earmarks they sponsor. Earmarks are well-documented and categorized at LegiStorm.
You can view earmarks by sponsor’s name, state, organization or which bill they were attached to. There is even a separate category for presidential [...]
LegiStorm Part 3 | More Fun Facts and Angry Politicians
LegiStorm highlights “gotchas”
Although it was United States leaders who passed the laws declaring their salaries and expenditures public information, they are none too happy that people are taking advantage of those laws. Many leaders and Congressional staffers have lashed out at Jock Friedly, creator of LegiStorm, a searchable online database [...]
Palin Was For Earmarks While She Was Against Them
Come ye all with simple hearts…
Jonathan Stein of Mother Jones reports that Sarah Palin may need to kiss the blarney stone to have any hope of challenging for the presidency in 2012. And it’s all thanks to earmarks.
Remember when Palin was the candidate opposed to wasteful government spending and earmarks? [...]
Obama Signs $410 Billion Spending Bill
President criticized because of earmarks
President Barack Obama signed a massive spending bill Wednesday, totaling $410 billion. He has received much criticism for signing a bill that contains thousands of earmarks. He spoke critically of earmarks during his campaign, and many Republicans have accused him of hypocrisy for encouraging passage of [...]
Obama Will Sign Spending Bill, Fight Pork Later
Hacking off their earmarks
Ed Henry reports for CNN that President Obama is discussing guidelines which will help eliminate the parade of political “pet project” earmarks that are being inserted into pending legislation. To give you some idea of what a problem this is for America’s government, the recent spending bill [...]
Wild Pork Spending For ACORN, La Raza | Suey! Suey!
Your money, rolling in the mud
Barbara Hollingsworth of the D.C. Examiner recently offered inquiring minds a glimpse into how some of the economic stimulus dollars taxpayers are putting up will work. Specifically, for those of you who love pork and controversial special interests like the Association for Community Organization for [...]
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