nativephoenician's Blog

The Omnibus Spending bill pushed through Congress last December
gutted the Secure Fence Act.!!! But left intact were thousands of
"earmarks" that directed hundreds of millions of tax dollars to
pet-projects and preferred supporters--all without public debate
or even a vote in Congress. Outrageously, just two months into the New Year, lawmakers have already begun soliciting earmark requests for 2008!
                             ++ 2007: A Banner Year for Pork
Citizens Against Government Waste reported that taxpayers
had funded 2,658 so-called "pork projects" for a whopping $13.2 billion!

    -- $1 million for Hillary Clinton's "Hippie" museum
        in New York honoring the events of Woodstock.

    --$6 million to research new uses for wood.

    --$1.3 million to Raleigh, NC to build a year round,
      "climate-controlled" park carousel.
In each instance, Congress didn't debate them in the open, and
there was never even a public vote!
 

Please help me and send a message to our esteemed goverment officials

I have just signed a national grassroots-led petition to end
government earmarks, and I'm inviting you to join with me and
thousands of other Americans who want this corrupt system
brought to an end.

Click here to add your name:

http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15609601&
NID=1
Nativephoenician