Your Tax Dollars at Work: Guns vs. Butter The Ted Kennedy Educational Institute
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.
More here, via The Wash Times.
Earmarks may be a small portion of the overall budget, but they exemplify everything that is wrong with the ways government spends money. Check out Earmarks: The Alien Menace for details:
