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  • Kill the pork! Elect the guy with the knife (McCain)

    12/23/2007 10:57:43 PM PST · by Norman Bates · 52 replies · 281+ views
    Union Leader (N.H.) ^ | 12/23/07 | Editorial
    Every single dollar you paid in federal income taxes this year was spent on pork projects. Outraged yet? About $20 billion of the just-passed $555 billion federal budget was earmarked for pork. That might sound like a small percentage, but Heritage Foundation analyst Brian Riedl calculated that it equals the entire federal income tax payments for everyone in Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Delaware. So congratulations, every dollar you paid in federal taxes went to help some member of Congress get elected. What wonderful projects did you pay for? -The Andre Agassi prep school in Las Vegas...