CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE (CAGW) DISCLOSES PORK

CAGW’s 2008 Congressional Pig Book will make its debut April 2!

It’s the time of year again that official Washington dreads - the unveiling of CAGW’s annual Congressional Pig Book.

After passing an earmark-free continuing resolution to fund government operations for fiscal 2007, Congress has again gorged on earmarked pork in fiscal 2008. The 2008 Congressional
Pig Book features a complete database of pork-barrel projects in the federal budget and profiles the most egregious examples from the annual appropriations bills. CAGW has identified a total of
11,610 pork-barrel projects, costing taxpayers $17.2 billion. Some of the lowlights from this year’s Pig Book include: $4,840,870 for wood utilization research; $1,529,220 for the Appalachian Fruit Lab; and $984,400 for Idaho’s strategic plan for managing noxious weeds.

As always, CAGW will name the names of those members of Congress who circumvent budget rules to “bring home the bacon.”

To get your own copy of the 2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary, make a tax-deductible contribution of $25 or more to CAGW today! See: http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer.

Submitted By: Col Bill Gavitt

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