Same old Congress, same old pork
Posted on Aug 05, 2007 - 4:26pm by Wayne Weisser in Alternative Fuels, Economy, News, Politics
Does Congress not watch the news? All their rhetoric about pork spending and now this from CNN -
“There’s a war going on against energy from fossil fuels,” said Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas. “I can’t understand the pure venom felt against the oil and gas industry.”
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said the bill was “a political exercise” to promote “pet projects, … pet ideas.” He predicted it “isn’t going anywhere” because President Bush will veto it if it gets to his desk.
Exactly like our failing infrastructure being ignored for pork pet projects, now our oil infrastructure is on the same path. Instead of drilling more domestic oil or spending money on coal to oil, they are working on something else that makes them look “green” instead of fixing the problem.
Wind and solar might work for lighting up a few houses, but what about trucks? Remember those? The trucks that made America great? The trucks that are going to be crossing every river in the country on ferries?
Everyone else gets this. From the politicos to just simple truck drivers like ourselves here and here. A post about the bridge from a political blog, The Captain’s Quarters -
Well, I hate pork as much as anyone else, but I’m a little perplexed by this statement. Even without the pork, Minnesota got a 46% increase in transportation funds from that bill. That amounted to a $1.1 billion windfall over five years — certainly plenty of money to conduct inspections. In fact, as I’ve noted before, we could have replaced that bridge almost three full times with that increase.
McCain hates it, the public hates it, everyone hates it, but not even a week later, Congress is back to working on pet projects that will make them look better instead of fixing the actual problem right now.
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Maybe he should try looking into what the average american makes on their paycheck, compare that to what they have to spend on the basic bills a household pays a month, then look at the price on the gas pump! You have to be an idiot to not understand that we hate an industry that is looting us 9 ways to sunday and posting record profits!
Everyone does need to follow the money…Transportation committees are as morally bankrupt as anything I have seen…Its amazing the American people dont demand better accountability. Connie Mack IV is one of the most blantant poor excuses for public service I have ever had the misfortune of researching. The guy is a waste of DNA and we are all paying for him..
yes time to take a real look at you local elected type see who you should send up to the hill an who you should fire.I keep trying to get the replacement in but find most don’t even know who I’m talking about if I use their name an not the office they hold.How do you know what kind of job they do if you don’t know who they are