Porkulous II On Its Way
Geez, even bad movies wait a while for a sequel but the Democrats just can’t help themselves. This time it’s a $410B porkfest with 9,000 earmarks and pet projects! 9,000! One wonders when PETA will rise up to oppose it all.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with Republicans.
The measure includes thousands of earmarks, the pet projects favored by lawmakers but often criticized by the public in opinion polls. There was no official total of the bill’s earmarks, which accounted for at least $3.8 billion.
The legislation, which includes an increase of roughly 8 percent over spending in the last fiscal year, is expected to clear the House later in the week.
So, what earmarks and pet projects are there? So far the following goodies have been uncovered (via Michelle Malkin).
- $200,000 for “Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program
- Maine lobster earmark in the omnibus
- $5.8 million earmark for the “Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate
- National Council of La Raza, $473,000 earmark from Sens. Bingaman and Menendez
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s also…
- $1.75M in for “Mammoth Springs National Fish Hatchery—-complete visitor center”
- $1M earmark for “City of North Pole for wastewater system improvements project”
- $142K for greenie cars “CITY OF LV PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE DEMO. PROGRAM”
- $480K for “Urban Horticulture”
I could go on but you can see for yourself here where Senator DeMint staffer Tom Jones has been listing them out all day.
Quite frankly, it’s a disgrace what is happening before our eyes. We are just digging ourselves a mountain of debt that is unsustainable and jeopardizing our nation’s future prosperity in a way heretofore unseen in our history.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
