Entries Tagged as 'Pork'

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Supporting John McCain?

Can someone like myself, a man with libertarian leanings, support John McCain? I think I agree with him on many social issues, but don’t agree with him on others. I want John to pledge to preserve the Bush tax cuts and make even more tax cuts. I want to support a candidate who [...]

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

The 2006 Pig Book is out!

Produced by Citizens Against Government Waste it details almost 10,000 pork projects in the Federal budget. Here are some of the lowlights:

Pig Book Oinkers

The Flushing our Money Down the Toilet Award
to Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) for $1 million for the Waterfree Urinal Conservation Initiative.
The Taxpayers Get Stuffed Award
for [...]

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Contact your representatives

Tell them to vote against S.852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act. The related bills in the house are H.R.1360, H.R.1957.

This is one Act that deserves to be stopped dead in the tracks and run over by a very large freight train. Asbestos lawsuits are out of control, but establishing a multi-billion (that’s with [...]

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Porkbusters!

I support the Fiscal Watch Team Offset Package.

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

Don’t Play Ball!

Expos move to Washington, DC
The D.C. politicians
are at it again. They’re going to waste more of our money. Some people
may think moving the Expos to the Nation’s Capitol is a good idea, but
I think it’s a supremely bad idea.

Las Vegas; Norfolk, Va.; Monterrey, Mexico; Portland,
Ore.; and Northern Virginia also made bids, but Washington clearly took
the [...]