'This Is Crazy': 2019 'Pig Book' Shows Your Tax Dollars Wasted on Outrageous Pet Projects
Posted on AllSides June 13th, 2019
From The Right
The Treasury Department estimates federal deficit spending for 2019 will exceed $1 trillion. The watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste says a lot of that is due to earmarks, an old tactic some thought had gone away.
"The 2019 Pig Book shows that Congress still has Pork Barrel Fever and their only prescription has been more earmarks," said CAGW President Tom Schatz at a report rollout event this week.
The report exposes 282 earmarks in fiscal year 2019, costing tax payers $15 billion – more than a 20 percent...