A Short History of Pork

By Eric | Published: Friday, October 3, 2008

EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT

Draft 1 (GW & “Pimp Daddy” Paulson edition): 3 pages

Draft 2 (“Country First” edition): 109 pages

Draft 3 (“Damn the Pork, Full Squeal Ahead!” edition): 451 pages

Number of words to describe a previously ignorant electorate seeing their government in action: one… priceless.

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3 Comments

  1. H-
    Posted Friday, October 3, 2008 at | Permalink

    I was seriously ticked off hearing about all of the pork in this bailout bill. One section that is neat that I wish that wasn’t in this bill as pork but on its own was Sec. 211. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters. I wonder how this will be implemented?

    Eric you are right….this is priceless.

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  2. Eric Blues
    Posted Sunday, October 5, 2008 at | Permalink

    I was jazzed about the bicycle provision as well. I wonder who sponsored it.

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  3. H-
    Posted Sunday, October 5, 2008 at | Permalink

    It came from the representatives from Oregon.

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