Bringing the bacon home to Nevada

[NVMojo]

Anybody who doesn't believe that Christmas comes in July needs only to take a look at the federal transportation bill passed last week in Congress.

Passage of a pork-laden transportation bill just before summer recess is an age-old American tradition. This landmark legislation is a political demilitarized zone, the only venue on Capitol Hill where harmony is a certainty. It is the only legislative action upon which the warring factions can be counted upon to muzzle their attack dogs and come to almost unanimous agreement in a political love-fest.

The transportation bill is the ultimate example of quid pro quo - the one time when political adversaries will quit their bickering and tell each other, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." While congressional leaders may not be able to agree on loftier issues such as Social Security, stem cell research, the war in Iraq or the next appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court, they will rarely quarrel get over the federal transportation bill, known to some cynics as the "Congressional Job Security Act."

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http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20050804/Opinion/108040015

[wli]

1. more fascism

Pork is black budget material, ripe for embezzlement.