Top Ten “Porky” Projects

With the economy on the brink, President Obama has put forward some gutsy spending initiatives. He says they will help jumpstart the economy and bring it back to life. But some of his spending may not be for the good of all the people, I gather.

As the dollar signs flashed before my eyes, I set out on a mission to find some of the more ridiculous earmarks and porky projects.

Here are some highlights…ah…lowlights:

Top Ten “Porky” Projects:

10-$1.7 million for a honeybee lab
9- $800,000 to study catfish genetics
8- $8 billion train from Las Vegas to San Francisco
7- $5 million for salaries at the Sugar Beet Lab in Michigan
6- $500,000 for the fruit fly research
5- $200,000 for Tattoo removal in Los Angeles
4- $400,000 to train teachers on bullying

……and the bronze, silver and gold go to these stars:

3- $59 million to study the mating habits of the Pacific salmon
2- $2 million for astronomy awareness in Hawaii!
1- $1.8 million to study the effect of swine odor on the environment

If it weren’t so ridiculous, it would be funny….We are not laughing, Washington.

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/06/bolling_pork_obama/

Comment by Charlene Dunn
March 7th, 2009 at 3:10 am
I believe that when people voted for Mr. Barack Obama they were looking for a president that has been epitomized via movies such as “Dave”, television shows such as “The West Wing” and “24″ - someone that would move out of the box and do what is right for the country. I really thought that when he appointed cabinet members he would have looked at the universities, corporations, think tanks, experts, scholars, not the politicians that have never held a job in the real world. To hire persons that have violated the United States Tax Laws is incredulous. For the Congress to approve these people says even less about their committment to the citizens they represent. Unfortunately, Obama and the people in Washington have reverted to their old “scratch my back I will scratch yours”. Our country was founded by people that believed that if you worked hard enough and to the best of your ability, you could achieve anything. The wealthy in this country make money because they deserve it. If you take away the ability to succeed and be rewarded for it, who would want to try? There will always be bad people to take advantage of opportunity and of people, but good always prevails. The scary truth is, is that this country is now headed toward a socialistic, or communistic country. I urge everyone to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”. The people that gave their live for our United States would rise up in outrage at where we are headed.