Kevin
04-01-2004, 11:09 AM
Pork is bi-partisan. Isn't it time to look for other alternatives?
Our misspent tax dollars - Cal Thomas
March 31, 2004
The House last week narrowly passed a $2.4 trillion budget resolution, setting the stage for a confrontation with the Senate over proposed curbs on further tax cuts.
What should be the issue is not how much of our money Congress will allow us to keep, but how much of our money we will allow Congress to spend. Instead of debating curbs on tax cuts, members of Congress should impose spending curbs on themselves.
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will release its annual Pig Book next week. It lists enough pork projects in the current fiscal year to harden the arteries of every taxpayer.
Full column here (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/printct20040331.shtml)
Our misspent tax dollars - Cal Thomas
March 31, 2004
The House last week narrowly passed a $2.4 trillion budget resolution, setting the stage for a confrontation with the Senate over proposed curbs on further tax cuts.
What should be the issue is not how much of our money Congress will allow us to keep, but how much of our money we will allow Congress to spend. Instead of debating curbs on tax cuts, members of Congress should impose spending curbs on themselves.
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will release its annual Pig Book next week. It lists enough pork projects in the current fiscal year to harden the arteries of every taxpayer.
Full column here (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/printct20040331.shtml)