The Senate will consider this week a $106.5 billion supplemental appropriations package, ostensibly to cover emergency war and hurricane-recovery costs. But this being an election year, senators couldn't help themselves. They added about $10 billion in unrelated items, otherwise known as pork. (Washington Post, Tuesday)
You didn't really believe all that stuff about ending earmarks, did you?
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Iatrogenic Government by Russell Shannon