"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Plenty of ‘Turkey’ Projects in State’s $75 Billion Budget
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Tue, 2014-03-25 00:00
“During the Great Recession, budget deficits and tea party protests meant pork barrel spending gave way to austerity.” If only the austerity part of that statement were true, but now even pretend austerity is being abandoned.
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It is an election year. If the people are not sufficiently bribed with their own money, they might actually vote to reform state politics!