YellowLinesandArmadillos Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 AK and HI avg over $400 per capita in those states, the rest avg only $39 per person...NY ranked 43. By and large smaller Red states made out with some token blues sprinkled in. Linky Thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 AK and HI avg over $400 per capita in those states, the rest avg only $39 per person...NY ranked 43. By and large smaller Red states made out with some token blues sprinkled in. Linky Thing! 654191[/snapback] It would help if they defined "pork". And I never realized the amount of "pork" in the federal budget was so low. $10 billion out of $2 trillion? Hell, that's barely 2% of the budget deficit. Suddenly, I don't even care about it anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_House Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 It would help if they defined "pork". 654509[/snapback] From the linked site: "A "pork" project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures. To qualify as pork, a project must meet one of seven criteria that were developed in 1991 by CAGW and the Congressional Porkbusters Coalition." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 From the linked site: "A "pork" project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures. To qualify as pork, a project must meet one of seven criteria that were developed in 1991 by CAGW and the Congressional Porkbusters Coalition." 654558[/snapback] Okay. So half a percent of the federal budget is crafted to specifically circumvent budgetary procedures. I'm actually relieved it's so low. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 The number I read in an article on it yesterday was ~$30B. Which, when you think about it in how finances are bandied about by our govt, isn't all that much. But, removed from the abstract that is Washington DC, it's a lot of effin' money. And then, it's done every year. All for sh-- like a teapot museum, $1M for research into weaponizing mosquitos, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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