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Originally Posted by aMFliberal That's very well thought out Sgt. You provide sound evidence and ask the right questions, but is it really so shocking that these Congressmen attacked the budgets of other states instead of their own? | The reason the Congressmen didn't attack their own budgets was because (unlike all the rest) they did not have pet projects included in the massive highway bill. These politicians decided that it was better to risk dissatisfaction at home (by not bringing in the pork) than take money from the federal government just to fund some low-priority project.
I agree some of the projects were badly needed, but many of them were just to help the popularity of the congressmen who brought home the bacon. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke |