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We all knew the sharks would be out trying to get their pet projects into the Economic Stimulus Bill...

The latest is a $75M Stop Smoking add... :twisted:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/ ... index.html
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mmmmm Pork....


Can anything in a Stimulus bill truly be call "Pork"?
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dbackjon wrote:mmmmm Pork....


Can anything in a Stimulus bill truly be call "Pork"?
:lol: :lol: :lol: Good point...

I would draw the line on stuff like this...it has nothing to do with getting the economy out of it's current rut... :roll:
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ALL of it is pork.
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Col Hogan wrote:We all knew the sharks would be out trying to get their pet projects into the Economic Stimulus Bill...

The latest is a $75M Stop Smoking add... :twisted:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/ ... index.html
:roll: Aw geez....c'mon M. le Colonel, 75 million is peanuts. Sheeit, that's not even Merril-Lynch bonus-pool money.
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houndawg wrote:
Col Hogan wrote:We all knew the sharks would be out trying to get their pet projects into the Economic Stimulus Bill...

The latest is a $75M Stop Smoking add... :twisted:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/ ... index.html
:roll: Aw geez....c'mon M. le Colonel, 75 million is peanuts. Sheeit, that's not even Merril-Lynch bonus-pool money.
But $75m here, and $75m there...and it adds up...that's partially how we got into this mess... :roll:
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Col Hogan wrote:
houndawg wrote:
:roll: Aw geez....c'mon M. le Colonel, 75 million is peanuts. Sheeit, that's not even Merril-Lynch bonus-pool money.
But $75m here, and $75m there...and it adds up...that's partially how we got into this mess... :roll:
Who was it that said "A billion here, a billion there....pretty soon we're talking about REAL money!!!" :lol: :lol: :roll:
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