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So much for the promise of slashing “pork” spending by Congress. Mind you, does that surprise anyone? Rather than doing what they promised, and that was reducing the spending on pork projects, they actually increased 30% from fiscal year 2007!

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), yesterday released its annual “Pig Book” tally of pork spending, which lists every earmark project funded by our tax dollars. Republican Congressmen took top honors for being at the top of the list in terms of spending for their State’s pet projects. In a nutshell, here’s a list of the top five “porkers”:
1. Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, $892.2 million

2. Sen. Ted Stevens, Alaska Republican, $469.4 million

3. Sen. Richard C. Shelby, Alabama Republican, $464.5 million

4. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, $458.5 million

5. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, $386 million

Hillary Clinton came in 13th, by spending $296 million, and Barrack Obama 28th, for spending $97 million. As usual, John McCain was dead last for spending $0. Even though John McCain has done some serious flip flopping on political issues, he must be given credit for speaking out against earmark spending, and then following up on his word.

Grab your copy of this year’s “Pig Book” and be sure to leave it in your bathroom. It makes excellent reading material when one is sitting around waiting for things to happen.

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