Nancy Pelosi’s transparent government
Posted by Moonage on 30 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Ethics
The Democrat "revolution" of 2006 was based largely in part due to the constant message from Nancy Pelosi that she would give us a much more open and honest government. This apparently didn’t apply AFTER the elections. Her first emergency war appropriations bill has more pork spending in it than any emergency appropriation the Republicans ever dreamed of. According to Citizens Against Government Waste, $21.8 BILLION to be precise.
Among some of the very important issues addressed in the "US Readiness, Veterans health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007":
- $74,000,000 for peanut storage
- $25,000,000 for spinach growers
- $5,270,000 for research into hunter taken birds for avian flu symptoms
- $283,000,000 for milk income loss
- Crop loss
- Livestock assistance
- Drug enforcement
- Famine assistance
- Funds to rebuild schools in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas damaged by Katrina.
- $60,400,000 to research the commercial fishery failure ( huh? )
- $5,000,000 for Aphis emergency order losses
It also addresses some tax issues as well.
Now, dontcha feel better now that Congress is SOOOO much more transparent? For what it’s worth, according to CAGW, that’s about a 30% INCREASE in hidden pork. Seems to me, that means Congress is that much LESS TRANSPARENT than it was a year ago. I’m also waiting for that fiscally responsible Nancy Pelosi to show up as well.
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