Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. More here:
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. More here:
2.6 billion? Ahhh, just a "drop in the bucket," right jackasses? We have a surplus of tax money, right asshats? 20 million dollars to "launch" an educational institute? Un-fucking-believable. Everything is a "drop in the bucket" to these fuckwits.
These people make me puke. No wonder Congress has an 11% approval rating. Hee haw -- Hee Haw.
These people make me puke. No wonder Congress has an 11% approval rating. Hee haw -- Hee Haw.
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