President Obama and Congress decided to break their "no pork" campaign promises and pack the budget full of pork projects.
Change we can believe in, eh? BULL HONKEY!! This looks to me like Bush III.
Someone pass the mustard, because we're all going to be eatin' this pork for a LOOOONG time to come.
Start shoveling!
Showing posts with label pork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pork. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Bush Goes After Congressional Earmarks: FINALLY!
President Bush is set to sign an Executive Order, directing federal agencies to ignore funding projects that have not been debated or voted on by the Congress.
This is a step in the right direction. Congressional irresponsibility on funding is a major problem that was long overdue for a fix. Promises made by Congress to reign in pork barrel spending have been broken, and the time is right to force the issue.
In addition, President Bush has promised to veto any funding bills that do not reduce under-the-radar additions by half. I suspect that if he holds his ground, there will be some bills being volleyed back and forth between Capitol Hill and the White House.
We'll see if this plan holds water or not. I do wish he had started this at the beginning of his second term, not the end.
This is a step in the right direction. Congressional irresponsibility on funding is a major problem that was long overdue for a fix. Promises made by Congress to reign in pork barrel spending have been broken, and the time is right to force the issue.
In addition, President Bush has promised to veto any funding bills that do not reduce under-the-radar additions by half. I suspect that if he holds his ground, there will be some bills being volleyed back and forth between Capitol Hill and the White House.
We'll see if this plan holds water or not. I do wish he had started this at the beginning of his second term, not the end.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Government About to Hit Debt Limit Again; Bush Administration to Ask for an Additional $950 Billion on Credit Limit
Here we go again with the debt limit. Not content with the $9 trillion plus debt ceiling, the Bush Administration requested that Congress extend the ceiling by an additional $950 billion.
That's quite ENOUGH!
This government needs to make more than it spends and lower it's debt load to a more manageable level before it's too late. $10 trillion is too much debt. It must spend our taxpayer money much more conservatively.
The trade deficit is of particular concern; as is the devaluation of the U.S. dollar against other major world currencies. I do think the brakes should be put on free trade agreements until the damage from NAFTA and CAFTA are fully assessed. Whoever said that the North American Free Trade Agreement would create a sucking sound from south of our border has definitely been proven correct.
But of more concern is this government's willingness to outspend how much it makes. Income must always exceed expenses. I think that the next President is going to have to make major cuts across the board in order to get the country's budget back into order.
And Congress is going to have to stop earmarking as they're contributing more than their fair share to the debt load with their peanut storage facilities and bridges to nowhere. The days of blank checks from the government for useless projects must become a thing of the past if the country's financial situation is to recover quickly from the financial disaster we're in.
That's quite ENOUGH!
This government needs to make more than it spends and lower it's debt load to a more manageable level before it's too late. $10 trillion is too much debt. It must spend our taxpayer money much more conservatively.
The trade deficit is of particular concern; as is the devaluation of the U.S. dollar against other major world currencies. I do think the brakes should be put on free trade agreements until the damage from NAFTA and CAFTA are fully assessed. Whoever said that the North American Free Trade Agreement would create a sucking sound from south of our border has definitely been proven correct.
But of more concern is this government's willingness to outspend how much it makes. Income must always exceed expenses. I think that the next President is going to have to make major cuts across the board in order to get the country's budget back into order.
And Congress is going to have to stop earmarking as they're contributing more than their fair share to the debt load with their peanut storage facilities and bridges to nowhere. The days of blank checks from the government for useless projects must become a thing of the past if the country's financial situation is to recover quickly from the financial disaster we're in.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Hogs Are At the Trough Again: Congress Adds $20 Billion in Pork to Military Emergency Supplemental Bill
Why the &^%# do spinach farmers, peanut storage facilities, and lawmakers who are looking for more office space in Washington, DC, need emergency MILITARY money for??!
Congress has added $20 billion in pork spending to the $105 billion military supplemental bill for DEFINITE non-military uses.
What, is there a new type of peanut-based ammunition that is under development for the military? Spinach for Popeye the United States Marine?
ALL non-military pork should be removed from this bill immediately, and those Congress people who did this should be ashamed of themselves.
Katrina relief, port security, Veterans Administration affairs, national disaster preparedness, avian flu preparation and other important national issues DO deserve to be discussed and financed, but NOT as part of this military bill. They should be discussed under their OWN bills and free of additional non-related pork.
OINK!! OINK!! OINK!!
Congress has added $20 billion in pork spending to the $105 billion military supplemental bill for DEFINITE non-military uses.
What, is there a new type of peanut-based ammunition that is under development for the military? Spinach for Popeye the United States Marine?
ALL non-military pork should be removed from this bill immediately, and those Congress people who did this should be ashamed of themselves.
Katrina relief, port security, Veterans Administration affairs, national disaster preparedness, avian flu preparation and other important national issues DO deserve to be discussed and financed, but NOT as part of this military bill. They should be discussed under their OWN bills and free of additional non-related pork.
OINK!! OINK!! OINK!!
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