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Where’s the Pork? (Nowhere)

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by KenH, Feb 10, 2009.

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  1. rbell

    rbell Active Member

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    THanks for your clarification. Sorry for the accusation. :thumbs:
     
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  2. rbell

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    Here you go:

    http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjcyODIyZGM2MGU1ZDdkNDgxZDc3OTNjYjM4ZDY1ODI=

    You're welcome. :thumbsup:
     
    #22 rbell, Feb 11, 2009
  3. KenH

    KenH Well-Known Member

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    Just to go over a few of the items in that article, for example:

    I don't consider Pell grants to be pork.

    I don't consider WiC to be pork.

    I don't consider construction jobs on college campuses to be pork.

    I don't consider child care to be pork.

    I don't consider job training to be pork.

    I don't consider the earned income credit to be pork.

    I don't consider repairs and improvements to government buildings to be pork.

    I don't consider the government purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles to be pork.

    I don't consider funding the Census Bureau to be pork.

    I don't consider food stamps to be pork.

    I don't consider COBRA to be pork.

    I don't consider unemployment benefits to be pork.

    I don't consider Medicaid to be pork.

    I don't consider funding our National Parks to be pork.

    I don't consider funding the Army Corps. of Engineers to be pork.

    I don't consider making homes more energy efficient to be pork.

    I don't consider our electricity grid to be pork.

    I don't consider moving toward energy independence by reducing the consumption of oil to be pork.

    I don't consider assisting in developing carbon capture technology to be pork.
     
    #23 KenH, Feb 11, 2009
  4. Dragoon68

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    Never mind the oink sound we're all hearing.

    It's the dream of every FFA student - the biggest hog ever!
     
    #24 Dragoon68, Feb 11, 2009
  5. KenH

    KenH Well-Known Member

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    Hey, if repeating that falsehood helps conservatives to feel better, Dragoon68, then I don't see any harm in them doing so. It makes them look quite silly but considering the licking that conservatives have taken in the past two elections I can understand why. :smilewinkgrin:

    It seems like you are saying that just about any goverment spending is, by your definition, pork. You are entitled to think that way but most people don't.
     
    #25 KenH, Feb 11, 2009
  6. Bro. Curtis

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    The only ones who want this to go thru are the crybabyboomers, but they pretty much have been a collective scourge on our nation, since they first discovered LSD.
     
    #26 Bro. Curtis, Feb 11, 2009
  7. Creyn

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    :applause: Well said!
     
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  8. dragonfly

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    You sound like a cross between Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage. The sad thing is that there are actually morons who believe this to be true.
     
    #28 dragonfly, Feb 12, 2009
  9. rbell

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    never mind...
     
    #29 rbell, Feb 12, 2009
  10. chuck2336

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    AGAIN I ask what is good about this spending bill?
     
    #30 chuck2336, Feb 12, 2009
  11. dragonfly

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    I believe it will spur job growth and help to restore confidence to the American public.
     
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  12. chuck2336

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    I understand that is your belief or even hope. The way you said it was a good bill I thought you knew some specific things about it that were good.

    I hope that whatever comes out of Washington helps America back on her feet, but I honestly do not see much in this bill that will do that.

    I do not care whose name or party is attached to the bill as long as folks in Washington are trying to help everyday folks and not fund their pet projects.
     
    #32 chuck2336, Feb 12, 2009
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    Pet projects are getting all the bones these days.
     
    #33 Joshua Rhodes, Feb 12, 2009
  14. KenH

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    Fortunately, funding pet projects is little to nothing of what is done in this bill.
     
    #34 KenH, Feb 12, 2009
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    Since you've reviewed it please give us some examples.
     
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  16. JustChristian

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    You say it's the most pork ridden bill in history and yet can give no examples of pork. Do you understand that we are really in an economic crisis perhaps equal to the Great Depression? To do nothing is to give in to the crisis. What would you propose?
     
    #36 JustChristian, Feb 12, 2009
  17. KenH

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    The falsehood that conservatives are spreading about their being so much pork in this bill was totally discredited on page 3 when I debunked the list in a link provided by rbell.
     
    #37 KenH, Feb 12, 2009
  18. Bro. Curtis

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    Let the markets correct themselves, like the non-partisan C.B.O. suggests. And no, I don't understand that this is equal to the depression, but could soon be, if the crybabyboomers don't stop demanding to be taken care of.
     
    #38 Bro. Curtis, Feb 12, 2009
  19. EdSutton

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    I don't necessarily consider all these to be "pork" either, but don't we already have most of them going on, in fairly significant ways, except for the so-called 'politically correct' "carbon capture technology" :rolleyes: in our budgets and the tax code?

    Who is going to pay for this added $1.5+ trillion, which occurs with the couple or four of the blank check signings in both the Bush and Obama Administrations by their Sec'y of the Treasury?

    I suggest what we are doing is asking 'government' to cure the problems to many degrees created by 'government' - you know kinda' along the lines of Mafia 'protection.'

    "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." :(

    Ed
     
    #39 EdSutton, Feb 12, 2009
  20. dragonfly

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    "What iceberg, I don't see an iceberg," said the captain of the Titantic! :laugh:
     
    #40 dragonfly, Feb 12, 2009
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