How political pork hurts America

Sorry I have not posted in awhile, but I have been very busy.

One issue that has been brought to my attention in the past few months, deals with bills. The question is why would Bush “promise to veto a huge Senate bill to pay for the rising costs of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and to repair Hurricane Katrina damage.” Well because that’s not the only purpose of the bill. Other things includes: 2“$14 billion with add-ons for farm aid, highway repairs, and aid to the Gulf Coast fishing industry” and a whole bunch of other pork put into it.

Well the sad truth is that politics comes before common sense. Politicians will put things like, 3“$230 million bridge to an island with 80 people” into bills, just to get elected in the next election. Bush saw this type of politics finally and tried to stop it. An official White House statement stated that,4“The administration is seriously concerned with the overall funding level and the numerous un-requested items included in the Senate bill that are unrelated to the war or emergency hurricane relief needs.” After Bush decided to uses the threat of the veto, which he had never used before, his approval rating dropped to match the worst in the his presidency.

So the result of all of this is a lot of good bills not getting passed. Bills from Katrina to Veterans have been pushed off by the republicans because of this pork pushing. And well these bills get delayed people suffer and politicians lose votes.

Just one more proof that politics is no game.

Sources of quotes:

1-http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/26/444fee26b4705,http://2
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www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_3751443

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https://ssl.capwiz.com/usatoday/bio/userletter/?id=688&letter_id=473206071&content_dir=msnbc

Pictures from Whitehouse.gov