Take a look see, a think for a moment..http://costofwar.com/..
Cost of Iraq War
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or this.....http://zfacts.com/p/447.html
It is more depressing to me to know what taxpayers could have done with the $$$ had the gov't not pissed it away in the first place. I would be interested to know what the cash value on all the pork projects and totally failed social programs over the years amounts to. Actually, on second thought, I don't. I invite you not to be selective in your outrage.
My outrage is not selective - the 21 MILLION full scholarships to a 4 year college vs. the Iraq war was just what set me off this morning. I am very consistent on my frustration over government waste, politics as usual, and pork!
Have you joined Citizens Against Government Waste yet? Google them and you can navigate their website;you will be shocked. Every month they send out a newsletter with tons of information on wasteful spending and how you can act to oppose it. They also have a 'porker of the month' which is pretty funny and selects a particularly spectacular practitioner of pork and shines a bright light upon him/her/them.
My political outrage for the month (before I opened the immigration can o' worms) is the Frankenstein veto, which allows a governor etc to cross out words and even letters so they can completely rewrite a peice of legislation and then sign it!
Which governors have that power? Louisiana's has line item veto privledge which is pretty powerful, but not power like you describe:shock:
They have it in Wisconsin and are trying (for obvious reasons) to get rid of it. I found out about it because it became a goofy story complete w/ a "frankenstein watch: day x" and people showing up to legislative sessions in costume to bring attention to the issue!