On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM, shag <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> and, hmmmm, *puts on tinfoil hat* it sho'nuf makes McCain look good too.
> look at all that pork! McCain's right! shouts the crow. And that quote, from
> an expert! "This is how Washington works."
>
> 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."
>>
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