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The House Should Stand Firm Against Pork Packaged as “Disaster Relief”

Leave it to the disaster hustlers to package political pork as humanitarian relief

The House is taking up relief legislation for Hurricane Sandy.  To its credit the GOP majority slowed the funding express for the pork-filled bill originally approved by the Senate.  The Heritage Foundation created a video that illustrates the wasteful bill that vote-minded politicians have been trying to pass off as emergency relief.  It should be widely shared as a reminder of the shameless Big Spenders who populate Capitol Hill.

About the Author

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author and editor of several books, including The Politics of Plunder: Misgovernment in Washington (Transaction).

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