If things weren't bad enough with this bailout, rescue, or whatever you want to call this thing, the ineptitude of our congress continues to boggle the mind. As details of the amended bill spill out, as believe it or not, per Joe Scarborough - "They just can't help themselves! Shame on them!"
The short and sweet version of the lovely pork recipe additions to the most controversial bill to confront our nation go as this:
The special provisions include tax breaks for:
- Manufacturers of kids' wooden arrows - $6 million.
- Puerto Rican and Virgin Is- lands rum producers - $192 million.
- Wool research.
- Auto-racing tracks - $128 million.
- Corporations operating in American Samoa - $33 million.
- Small- to medium-budget film and television productions - $10 million.
Per the NYPost article: PIGGY POLS IN HOG HEAVEN WITH PORK-PACKED PACT
"Another measure inserted into the bill appears to be a bald-faced bid aimed at winning the support of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who voted against the original version when it went down in flames in the House on Monday.
That provision - a $223 million package of tax benefits for fishermen and others whose livelihoods suffered as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill - has been the subject of fervent lobbying by Alaska's congressional delegation."
Is there anyone around here who thinks the world has gone mad????