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In response to
"Politically it is stupid, when the other side can say "you don't care," but I don't think Reid et al should be let off the hook for loading up a "
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No. 1 Stephen in the nation!
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Honestly, both sides do it. I'd be shocked if there isn't republican pork in there as well (Alaska is a very red state, though I admittedly don't
Posted by
pmb (aka pmb)
Jan 3 '13, 15:21
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know who put that in there). Most of the other stuff referenced in the article is not what I would view as real "pork". Including funds to prepare for future storms that were related to weaknesses found in this one doesn't strike me as problematic. Fixing up army bases that were hit by the storm doesn't sound like pork. And pork in general, to me is overrated as an issue. It depends completely on what the pork is for. If it's for a legitimate purpose then I have no problem with it. I don't know enough about the Alaska fisheries to know whether it's appropriate. If you add up all the pork, it is still a tiny fraction of spending. It doesn't really move the needle. Is it my preferred way of dealing with this stuff? No. But I have a hard time getting too worked up about it until it reaches meaningful proportions. I'd rather have them getting stuff done and waste 0.1% of the budget than being stalled on important issues because they want to fight about that 0.1%.
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