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Free Liberal: Coordinating towards higher values

Free Liberal

Coordinating towards higher values

Oink Oink goes Congress on DOD funding

Taxpayers for Common Sense recently completed their seven month long investigation into the 2005 Defense Appropriations bill. They discovered over $12 billion in pork including $4.3 million for Alaska for vocational training for miners and $1 million to restore Woody Island historic structures. It is no surprise that most of the pork follows those House and Senate members who are part of the appropriations committees as well as leadership to their districts and states. This happens with almost every appropriations bill and is not at all shocking. Sen. Coburn did an excellent job in his book "Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders" in discussing how the pork process works. I think any Congressman or Senator who participates in this type of pork should be required to go to Iraq, Afghanistan or where ever else our esteemed leaders have sent U.S. forces to spread democracy, managed economies and tax payer monies. They should have to travel and live with the solders, Marines, sailors and airman who are actually involved in combat (not with the perfumed princes) Maybe they would think twice about screwing the combat units and tax payers by sending millions of dollars intended for the military to their own friends and supporters pet projects.


Michael D. Ostrolenk
mostrolenk@comcast.net



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