Blogcritics: Comments on Pork for the Road

Comment by Dave Nalle

Wed, 18 May 2005 23:30:36 EDT

There's not just pork that needs to be cut in this bill. This bill also foists off all sorts of new toll road projects on the public, and most importantly lifts the federal restriction on charging tolls on already existing interstate highways. This change could literally result in every major highway in the US becoming a toll road. Doesn't that sound like fun? Dave

Comment by RealCon

Wed, 18 May 2005 23:25:54 EDT

Stop complaining about a measly $12 billion in pork for the whole country. 4,000 projects is a lot. And poor Grassley is only asking for 8 million. Hopefully, gone are the days when someone like Tip O'Neill could stiff the American taxpayer out of about $15 Billion for one tunnel that is still weeping like a wet willow.

Comment by RJ

Wed, 18 May 2005 20:52:38 EDT

If Bush does not veto this pork-laden bill, after directly thratening to do so, then he will lose a lot of credibility. On the other hand, if he DOES veto this bill, he will give the MSM and the Dems endless weeks of political fodder, claiming the Republicans are divided and out of control. It will be interesting to see what happens here...

Comment by gonzo marx

Wed, 18 May 2005 12:47:20 EDT

this is VERY important stuff here, gentle Readers.. part and parcel of why we went from a budgetary surplus to record defecits WITHOUT counting the costs of either military conflict in Afghanistan or Iraq... so where are the shouts of the so-called "conservatives" now? where is the outcry and indignation of the "small government" crowd? hell, i'd settle for some good old fashioned William Proxmire rants... but the yells and the rants and thier supposed "Ethics of Principle" can't seem to find a Voice when their snouts are buried neck deep in the public trough... mebbe they should switch logos from an elephant to a nice pudgy piggy... your mileage may vary.. Excelsior!

Comment by DrPat

Wed, 18 May 2005 12:46:24 EDT

Remember that great line from Dave, where Kevin Kline says, "I don't want to tell some eight-year-old kid he's gotta sleep in the street because we want people to feel better about their car." I'm sure there are thousands of deaths to be prevented by building the Principal Riverwalk - those joggers and baby carriages are just so-o dangerous. [/end sarcasm]

Comment by JR

Wed, 18 May 2005 12:30:01 EDT

I'm not sure this president knows how to veto.