tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post894999860773742266..comments2023-08-15T06:44:31.455-04:00Comments on page13news: Hurry Up, and Waitpage13http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942685312023596281noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-72573873571346848812009-02-20T19:36:00.000-05:002009-02-20T19:36:00.000-05:00They put the pork in because they knew it was goin...They put the pork in because they knew it was going to pass. Voting against it was one huge political game. They couldn't stop it, so they voted against it (so they could play the game saying that THEY didn't support it) and then the Rs jumped on the "waste the taxpayers money with pork programs" train...and then went home and boasted about the new programs they got for their own state. Most of which had nothing to do with rebuilding the national economy. <BR/><BR/>You want to stop waste, bring back the line item veto. <BR/><BR/>----Anonymous #1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-83423921760991818482009-02-20T07:18:00.000-05:002009-02-20T07:18:00.000-05:00Anonymous #1 said: "and many Republicans took full...Anonymous #1 said: "and many Republicans took full advantage of the urgency to put many "pork" programs in that had nothing to do with the immediate needs to help the national economy."<BR/><BR/>I concur with page13- can you please qualify your statement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-63640749725292986722009-02-20T00:25:00.000-05:002009-02-20T00:25:00.000-05:00When every House Republican and all but three GOP ...When every House Republican and all but three GOP Senators voted against the bill, how exactly did they slip in pork?page13https://www.blogger.com/profile/02942685312023596281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-87054319649739762602009-02-19T23:42:00.000-05:002009-02-19T23:42:00.000-05:00and many Republicans took full advantage of the ur...and many Republicans took full advantage of the urgency to put many "pork" programs in that had nothing to do with the immediate needs to help the national economy. They knew what they were doing. What a great time to slip all of those programs past the noses of the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com