Pork Explodes on Bush’s Watch
Courtesy of the Club for Growth blog comes these figures from Chris Edwards’ new book, Downsizing the Federal Government:
| Number of Pork Projects in Federal Spending Bills | |
| 2005 | 13,997 |
| 2004 | 10,656 |
| 2003 | 9,362 |
| 2002 | 8,341 |
| 2001 | 6,333 |
| 2000 | 4,326 |
| 1999 | 2,838 |
| 1998 | 2,100 |
| 1997 | 1,596 |
| 1996 | 958 |
| 1995 | 1,439 |
Meanwhile, President Bush travels to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and compares himself to Reagan.
I’m sorry, Mr. President, but while your foreign policy has been exactly right your domestic policy proves that you are no Ronald Reagan.
I concur 100%