September 23, 2005

The $250 Billion Abomination

A bill was introduced today by the Louisiana Senators asking the country's taxpayers to fork over $250 billion for the Katrina recovery effort. This is ON TOP of the $62 billion that Congress has already approved and DOES NOT include requested funds for Mississippi and Alabama. You can read more about it at Porkopolis and NTU's blog. RedState.org is also noting that the Republican Leadership is steaming under the collar because fiscal conservatives like Jeff Flake and Jeb Hensarling, who helped launch Operation Offset, have the gall to be...well...fiscal conservatives. Read it all.

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