WebMemo posted August 4, 2004 by Alison Acosta Fraser, Jonathan Swanson
Federal Highway Spending Jumps the Shark
If you
have been following debate over the highway bill, you may have
heard it criticized for its wildly extravagant earmarks. The
Washington Post described the pork-barrel earmarks as
"rampant."[1]
CNN reported that the President is threatening to veto this "budget
buster"…