Friday, December 28, 2012
"Congress Piles the Pork into Hurricane Sandy Relief"
Elected officials using every opportunity to use taxpayer money for their own benefit...
At FiscalTimes.com, David Francis reports this and more:
"According to an analysis by Ellis, the Sandy emergency spending package includes $150 million for fishery disaster areas in Mississippi and Alaska; $20,000 for a new car for the Inspector General of the Justice Department; $10.8 billion for the Federal Transportation Administration; and cancellation of loans related to Hurricane Katrina. It also contains $4 million for repairs at the Kennedy Space Center and $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center."
