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pan6467 · 08-04-2005, 04:43 PM

Pork is not bad.... can be in some cases, but in most there is aneed for the pork.

In a small area with little economic growth if a windfall of money for road construction comes it can and will help that economy.... all be it temporarily it can help that area build some businesses so that maybe they will grow economically after the construction is done.

Also while having a road in some area that may have been pretty will bring in traffic and help the area even more on the economic side and thus help tax revenue to be built up so that the community can build things that maybe needed.

Without the pork, the construction.... how else do you expect an area that is pretty much at a standstill to grow?

Now some of the pork for say the Grammys, a bridge in Alaska to nowhere with the congressman's name on it and so on is a bit much.

I heard some of the spending on Drudge Sun night. and while most of it will probably add economic help to some poverty ridden areas, there are some projects like the bridge in Alaska, the Grammys and such... that truly have no purpose or are far, far overpriced to the point where you wonder where the money is going to.

Not knowing Alaska, perhaps the bridge isn't just a "bridge to nowhere" but allows faster travel to oil fields or an area that is to be developed and built up as some form of tourist attraction.

I just think we need to be watchful of what is spent but we need to realize that much of the pork out there truly helps areas and our economy.... and if we complain to loudly and demand that pork be cut.... we may lose some of the necessary pork items we need to help areas that need it.

08-04-2005, 04:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Pork is not bad.... can be in some cases, but in most there is aneed for the pork. In a small area with little economic growth if a windfall of money for road construction comes it can and will help that economy.... all be it temporarily it can help that area build some businesses so that maybe they will grow economically after the construction is done. Also while having a road in some area that may have been pretty will bring in traffic and help the area even more on the economic side and thus help tax revenue to be built up so that the community can build things that maybe needed. Without the pork, the construction.... how else do you expect an area that is pretty much at a standstill to grow? Now some of the pork for say the Grammys, a bridge in Alaska to nowhere with the congressman's name on it and so on is a bit much. I heard some of the spending on Drudge Sun night. and while most of it will probably add economic help to some poverty ridden areas, there are some projects like the bridge in Alaska, the Grammys and such... that truly have no purpose or are far, far overpriced to the point where you wonder where the money is going to. Not knowing Alaska, perhaps the bridge isn't just a "bridge to nowhere" but allows faster travel to oil fields or an area that is to be developed and built up as some form of tourist attraction. I just think we need to be watchful of what is spent but we need to realize that much of the pork out there truly helps areas and our economy.... and if we complain to loudly and demand that pork be cut.... we may lose some of the necessary pork items we need to help areas that need it. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"