Murtha & Young Pork UP!

J.J. Jackson* | August 7, 2007

Ah yes, it is that time of the year again … when the bees are buzzing and the pigs are coming to the trough! It’s time for all the little piggies to justify their bribe money for their constituents.

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense panel, has secured the most earmarked dollars in the 2008 military spending bill, followed closely by the panel’s ranking member Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.).

Even though Young secured 52 earmarks, worth $117.2 million — and co-sponsored at least $27 million worth of others — Murtha’s 48 earmarks amount to a total of $150.5 million, according to a database compiled by the watchdog organization Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS).

Too bad we allocate money based on political clout rather than where it is best served and best used. Because I guarantee most of this money will be thrown down a black hole with nothing to show for it.

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