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COMMENTS: Frivolity not Profligacy
For the second straight day Sharyl Attkisson was assigned by CBS to Follow the Money. Wednesday she helped Republican senators John McCain and Tom Coburn publicize their complaints about $7bn of porkbarrel spending in the $787bn federal fiscal stimulus program. Now she helps unidentified "fiscal conservatives" publicize their complaints about almost $4bn in spending on 5,200-or-so earmarks in a $450bn omnibus spending bill. Again, the proportion of to be spent on pork was small, so Attkisson focused on frivolity not profligacy. Federal funds have been earmarked for skateparks and water taxis, for art trails and bicycle racks, for decorative sidewalks and urban streetscapes.
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