CAGW Porker of The Month

J.J. Jackson* | April 1, 2007

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.) Porker of the Month for adding $25 million for spinach growers to the fiscal 2007 emergency supplemental bill to fund the Iraq war and other military operations. Rep. Farr’s district is home to many spinach farms that suffered losses due to last year’s E. coli outbreak, and he has defended his earmark, saying, “Supporting our spinach producers is not just important for our local economy, it’s important for our national health.” Rep. Farr did not explain how compensation for spinach growers is important to our military. The House version of the emergency spending bill, which passed last week, costs $21 billion more than the President requested, primarily because of pork-barrel add-ons for domestic spending unrelated to the military. For exploiting the emergency supplemental to direct an unrelated and unnecessary subsidy to a special interest in his home district, CAGW names Rep. Sam Farr its March 2007 Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.

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