Pork spending or Holy Shit Where is My Money

Here are the pork spending numbers as put forward by the Citizens Against Government Waste

All this waste of our tax dollars serves no other purpose than getting the assholes in Congress re-elected, regardless of their party affiliations.

If you look at the full table from 1991 (see under cut), the bonanza started in 1993, when pork spending jumped from $2.6 billion in 1992 to $6.6 in 1993. It then continued to skyrocket, culminating at $17.7 billion during 2000, the last year of Bill Clinton's presidency. The flood gates really opened in 2001 with $18.1 billion, culminating in $29 billion for 2006.

One might think (erroneously, in my humble opinion), that there is much difference between $29B and $17B and therefore infer that it was "all better" under Clinton vs under W.

Truth is there is no difference.

Our Congress simply went crazy and stole our tax dollars, in the staggering amount of $251.5 billion (not inflation-adjusted) for the sole purpose of getting themselves re-elected so they could continue stealing.

Next time somebody opens their yaps about raising taxes, they oughtta think about cutting down on pork first.

( Full table 1991-2007 )

Things I want to do besides the obvious

1. Do a voice-over for an animated feature film, like Madagascar or Shrek.

2. Narrate a Discovery Channel special, like Planet Earth.

3. Play guitar with Eric in a band in front of a packed club and not suck.

4. Own a nice cozy cafe near a university someplace and watch people be comfortable while sipping my coffee (I could also whisper the conservative ideas into the ears of the brainwashed young as they enjoy themselves, mwahahahaaa).

5. Save somebody's life. It's OK to faint afterwards.

6. See death up close but escape unharmed.

7. Open a school. A good one, not like a government shit hole. It would be a place where growing up to be a good human being is as valued as those SAT scores. Snitching will not be encouraged.

8. Build or sponsor an ER hospital wing.

9. Buy my parents a big comfy place right on the ocean somewhere (no, not Florida), either here or Cali. It will have huge windows with an ocean view and open up right onto the beach so that they can hear the tide. My dad will sleep. A lot.