We just posted an article on the front page of LP.org about pending pork barrel spending. In it, I included a few of the 12,000 proposed earmarks about which we might expect to hear over next couple of weeks:
$1 million for Mormon Cricket and Grasshoppers Activity in Utah
$1.1 million for alternative salmon research in Alaska
$591,000 for the Montana Sheep Institute
$232,000 appropriated to the National Wild Turkey Federation
$194,000 for Goose Control in the state of New York
As I've been too busy to research every line item of every potential amendment to the nine (ten in the Senate) upcoming appropriations bills, I was wondering if you all might help out with a couple of issues. First, if someone can find other examples of egregious waste, please let me know (in the comments section).
Second of all, why do we need to spend seven digits to find out that Mormon crickets engage in hopping activities? And just what exactly is an alternative salmon?
I think "alternative salmon" depends on what salmon you already have, i.e., Pacific is alternative to Atlantic.
It probably could not include farmed salmon, as I belive "alternative" means "the other of two" ("alter" in Latin) and "native" (means "native" or "inborn"). Of course, whether a salmon is native would depend on where the salmon farm is.
I believe I have already spent enough time on this matter and no further funding should be required.
I'm waiting for all animals in the state to be issued welfare checks because they all fall below the poverty level. It's really tragic and I insist our government help these poor residents of our state, even if they do fly south for the winter. It matters not that they are self-sufficient and far more free than the human residents of the Empire State. And I demand the turkeys receive retribution for the Thanksgiving Day massacre their relatives endured last month.
How about the "pork barrel spending" of $10,000 donated by generous libertarians to create a website and then the proprietors leave without a trace after it's 6 months late; all at the recommendation of Michael Badnarik at a website whose staff includes Stephen Gordon?
I think "alternative salmon" depends on what salmon you already have, i.e., Pacific is alternative to Atlantic.
It probably could not include farmed salmon, as I belive "alternative" means "the other of two" ("alter" in Latin) and "native" (means "native" or "inborn"). Of course, whether a salmon is native would depend on where the salmon farm is.
I believe I have already spent enough time on this matter and no further funding should be required.
Posted by: Sandra at December 4, 2006 07:32 PM