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How Obama can reform government while boosting the economy.
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AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW: ‘Stimulus’ Doesn’t Have to Mean Pork. It doesn’t have to, but with this Congre…
Instapundit —
... AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW: ‘Stimulus’ Doesn’t Have to Mean Pork. It doesn’t have to, but with this Congress, it’s pretty likely to. . . . ...
Government is the Problem
Weekly Standard Blog —
... At least when building new roads, bridges, and runways is the issue. Brookings scholar Clifford Winston:
One of the biggest killers of all is that states insist on allocating federal transportation funds through a politically devised formula. The result? Smooth, well-paved rural highways and worn-out urban roadways that are paved with a layer of asphalt too thin to withstand heavy use and are therefore in need of excessive, costly maintenance.
But don't blame the states for all the inefficient use of highway dollars. Federal ...
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Despite Pledges, Stimulus Has Some Pork
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Economic stimulus or just more pork?
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blogs.abcnews.com 2/13/2009 — The House Rules Committee posted the text of the Stimulus bill last night (see HERE and HERE.) The Washington Post's Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima note that the bill "is not free of spending that benefits specific communities, industries or...
Stimulus Pork - Fact and Fiction (video)
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Michele Bachmann: A Pork-Barrel Stimulus Package
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Stimulus bills have taste of pork
msnbc.msn.com 2/5/2009 — While President Barack Obama promised an economic stimulus package free of "earmarks and pet projects,” the legislation before Congress contains dozens of programs that send money to specific areas or cater to special interests, ProPublica reports.
Support for Pork Bill Collapsing
powerlineblog.com 2/5/2009 — Today's Rasmussen survey indicates that support for the Obama administration's pork-infested spending bill is going up in smoke: currently only 37% favor the measure while 43% oppose it. Here is the downward trend:
Even worse, perhaps, is the ...
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