More Pork for More War
by Rep. Ron Paul
Last week the House passed an emergency supplemental spending bill that was the worst of all worlds. The president’s request would have already set a spending record, but the Democratic leadership packed 21 billion additional dollars of mostly pork-barrel spending in an attempt to win Democrat votes. The total burden on the American taxpayer for this bill alone will be an astonishing $124 billion. Democrats promised to oppose the war by adding more money to fight the war than even the president requested.
I am pleased to have joined with the majority of my Republican colleagues to oppose this bill.
Among the pork added to attract votes was more than $200 million to the dairy industry, $74 million for peanut farmers, and $25 million for spinach farmers. Also, the bill included more than $2 billion in unconstitutional foreign aid, including half a billion dollars for Lebanon and Eastern Europe. (more…)