Oh come on now, gimme a break

things are just getting nuts

just heard on the radio that the students at a Boulder CO high school want the school renamed Barack Obama High School. Aren't schools usually named in honor of dead presidents??? I mean , sheesh, the guy just took office and they want to name stuff after him already...... gimme a break.......

items from the following link http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/381638_pork03.html

a $2 million tax benefit for makers of wooden arrows for children

a $100 million tax break to benefit auto racetrack owners WTF???

$192 million in rebates on excise taxes for the Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands rum industry

$148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers


huh?? ..... really ???? .......... really?????????

c'mon...... gimme a break....

more stuff......

from http://troubled-asset-relief-program.net/bailout-pork/

Sec 502: Incentives for films to be shot in the United States, including those for adults

Sec. 211: Bicycle commuter benefits that allow employers to pay for employee bike repair

Sec. 201. Changes in bonus depreciation for biomass ethanol plant property

LukeTHr wrote:

things are just getting nuts

just heard on the radio that the students at a Boulder CO high school want the school renamed Barack Obama High School. Aren't schools usually named in honor of dead presidents??? :

Wishful thinking?

LukeTHr wrote:

a $100 million tax break to benefit auto racetrack owners

Probably a hit here since racing is known to the Ellis County Fair Board as all that matters.

LukeTHr wrote:

$192 million in rebates on excise taxes for the Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands rum industry

How bout the American beer and bourbon industries? Too many rednecks and not enough bros involved in those?

LukeTHr wrote:

$148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers

But what other fringe benefits do wool producers get? Oh yeah, nevermind. I just looked at your AV.

Ratzilla wrote:

LukeTHr wrote:

$148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers

But what other fringe benefits do wool producers get? Oh yeah, nevermind. I just looked at your AV.

hahaha