From Popular Mechanics:
You've heard about the earmarks in the recent $700 billion bailout, but what about the recently passed 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill? It's not all about tanks, fighter jets and bullets: The defense bill has traditionally been a magnet for earmarks (also known as pork barrel or member projects) that tend to benefit companies or initiatives in the lawmakers' home districts or states. Congress, in approving the budget, appropriated billions of dollars to R&D programs that the Pentagon did not ask for. This year's bill contains 2025 earmarks worth $4.8 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog.
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My Comment: Corruption .... favoritism .... special projects .... hmmm ....say it ain't so Joe.
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