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