Bacon – or Tasty Pork<\/strong><\/p>\n$300M has been set aside for NEVs, or neighborhood electric vehicles.\u00a0 I personally support this one – why take a gas guzzler to the local grocery store to buy milk?<\/p>\n
Overall, this bill was MUCH needed and hopefully will hail a turnaround in our beseiged economy.\u00a0 I just wish it could have been without some unnecessary items that will create generational debt.\u00a0 Yet one person’s pork is another person’s economic mecca.<\/p>\n
And many of the provisions that are near and dear to the hearts of the green movement are considered pork by those who support the coal industry, and use outdated TV converter boxes.\u00a0 All this goes to prove that you can’t please everyone….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Obama has prided himself on removing government waste and not allowing pork to infiltrate his controversial $787B stimulus package, but was he successful? 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