This type of PORK & misappropriation of stimulus $$$ pisses me off

[decay]

part of the reason i posted this is i'm not playing Dem/Rep favorites - a crook is a crook.

if Bush Jr were a Democrat, i still would have criticized him exactly the same way - if not more.

[vision63]

Not a single member of Congress doesn't have "some" pork in their backyard. Some of it good, some of it bad. That's politics. Not excusing Murtha, but come on. Why start or stop with him?

[Lux Interior]

You start with the low-hanging fruit, then you work your way up.

Eventually, any money that is spent by congress that doesn't directly benefit at least 80% of the populace will be pork.

[Mac1337]

RgrF wrote:
Dakota only calls fouls in one direction, he doesn't understand or seem to care that it's a two way street and he's a part of the pavement.

What two way street? I am saying by the time the debate over stimulus ended, Democrats were arguing that any spending is stimulus. If you want to distort history you have to wait more than three months.

[the_poochies]

vision63 wrote:
Not a single member of Congress doesn't have "some" pork in their backyard. Some of it good, some of it bad. That's politics. Not excusing Murtha, but come on. Why start or stop with him?

"Pork" is government spending when it applies to somewhere OUTSIDE of your home state. The same spending close to home is referred to as "economic stimulus."

During the glory days of the Contract With America, Newt Gingrich's CD in Georgia received more federal spending per capita than any CD in the nation.

[decay]

'economic stimulus' should be warranted - that backup airstrip is not crucial by any stretch of a reasonable person's imagination.

i bet $800,000 would help a lot of people in other, more useful ways, instead of padding some paver's coffers.

i'd also like to see some Republicans & defenders of the conservative party call out some of THEIR offenders, if they are brave enough.

you know, like the very few who called Bush Jr out on his fiscal disaster of a Presidency. VERY few, as in old-school conservative, not knee-jerk neo-cons.

[Lux Interior]

decay wrote:
VERY few, as in old-school conservative, not knee-jerk neo-cons.

Old-school conservatives are now called RINOs.