Say Anything Blog

Here’s a run-down of today’s wasteful government spending news, courtesy of a little side-project of mine called The Oink Report:

• For 2008, Congress has funded 11,610 pork projects-- the second highest total ever—costing taxpayers $17.2 billion, according to new Citizens Against Government Waste’s “Pig Book”


• Non-profit earmark recipient advertises for Congressman’s fundraiser


• Florida beach receives millions of dollars in earmarks for sand


• As Massachusetts Senators and federal agency argue over how $13.4 million Congressional earmark should be spent, Maine Senators consider similar earmark pay outs for fishermen


• Earmarked project in Ohio that received millions of dollars “will die on the vine unless more money is found”


• With $150,000 in federal funds, “the ‘ugly gray house on River Street’ has turned into a charming home”


• Californiacommunity lobbies Congress for millions of dollars in earmarks to pay for a new ferry maintenance facility


• Some in GOP denounce pork, while others pile it up