Get rid of them damn Democrats, and get Straight Talk Express in office, he'll fix it!
At 01:08 PM 10/2/2008, Doug Henwood wrote:
>[wow, a little adversity has certainly brought out the best in the
>bailout bill, eh? good thing it was defeated, so it could be improved]
>
><http://www.nypost.com/seven/10022008/news/nationalnews/piggy_pols_in_hog_heaven_with_pork_packe_131770.htm
> >
>
>New York Post - October 2, 2008
>
>PIGGY POLS IN HOG HEAVEN WITH PORK-PACKED PACT
>By DAPHNE RETTER, Post Correspondent
>
>WASHINGTON - Here, little piggies!
>
>Congressional deal-brookers yesterday slopped a mess of pork into the
>$700 billion financial rescue bill passed by the Senate last night -
>including a tax break for makers of kids' wooden arrows - in a bid to
>lure reluctant lawmakers into voting for the package
>
>Stuffed into the 451- page bill are more than $1.7 billion worth of
>targeted tax breaks to be doled out for a sty full of eyebrow-raising
>purposes over the next decade.
>
>"This is how Washington works," said Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for
>Common Sense, a Washington research group. "A big pot of pork is their
>recipe for final passage."