The 2018 edition of the Congressional Pig Book exposes 232 earmarks of taxpayers' money totaling $14.7 billion, doubling the 2017 tally, Thomas A. Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, told reporters.
"An April 2015 Government Accountability Office report noted that the lifetime operation and maintenance costs of the most expensive weapon system in history will total approximately $1 trillion," the Pig Book states.
Lawmakers should direct funds to programs and projects with "The greatest need or potential benefit," the Pig Book says.
"The snakes are native to northern Australia, Indonesia, and many of the islands in Melanesia," the Pig Book states, "But have caused damage to the ecosystem of Guam, where they were likely introduced by the U.S. military following World War II.".
"The annual 'Pig Book' has been described as the most unpopular book in Washington," said Cruz, congratulating Citizens Against Government Waste for revealing "Some of the worst pork spending" in the federal budget over the years.
In some cases, lawmakers offer "Fewer details, less transparency, and more secrecy" about surviving earmark spending, Schatz said, as has been the case since fiscal 2011, when they supposedly placed a moratorium on new earmarks in the budget.
In publishing its annual exposé on "Egregious" pork barrel spending, Citizens Against Government Waste highlights spending that was requested by only one chamber of Congress, wasn't the subject of hearings, or serves only a local or special interest, among other criteria.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/19/pig-book-spotlights-232-earmarks-amid-pork-that-wastes-taxpayers-money/
"An April 2015 Government Accountability Office report noted that the lifetime operation and maintenance costs of the most expensive weapon system in history will total approximately $1 trillion," the Pig Book states.
Lawmakers should direct funds to programs and projects with "The greatest need or potential benefit," the Pig Book says.
"The snakes are native to northern Australia, Indonesia, and many of the islands in Melanesia," the Pig Book states, "But have caused damage to the ecosystem of Guam, where they were likely introduced by the U.S. military following World War II.".
"The annual 'Pig Book' has been described as the most unpopular book in Washington," said Cruz, congratulating Citizens Against Government Waste for revealing "Some of the worst pork spending" in the federal budget over the years.
In some cases, lawmakers offer "Fewer details, less transparency, and more secrecy" about surviving earmark spending, Schatz said, as has been the case since fiscal 2011, when they supposedly placed a moratorium on new earmarks in the budget.
In publishing its annual exposé on "Egregious" pork barrel spending, Citizens Against Government Waste highlights spending that was requested by only one chamber of Congress, wasn't the subject of hearings, or serves only a local or special interest, among other criteria.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/19/pig-book-spotlights-232-earmarks-amid-pork-that-wastes-taxpayers-money/
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