Nov 22 2004
S.S. Pork Barrel Spending
It’s good to know that with all the problems facing the American economy today, our elected officials are tackling the tough issues like, “Why doesn’t the President have a yacht?”.
Thankfully, the yacht problem is no longer an issue because the Senate approved $2 million to purchase the ‘Presidental yacht’. Our schools must be fully funded, social security is all set, every single soldier has the body armor they need, because otherwise we wouldn’t waste two million dollars on a yacht, right?
Congress cuts college loans to low-income students.
House Republicans block 9-11 intelligence reform.
Permanent tax cuts that benefit the uppper 2%.
Enacting discriminatory anti-gay legislation.
Spending two million on a yacht.
Clearly, the people in charge of our government are fixing America’s most pressing problems.
I believe it was HR 4818 that the article refers to. I looked an looked for the Yach funding but found nothing. Doesn’t mean its not there though. http://thomas.loc.gov