2016 Pig Book Exposes $5.1 Billion in Pork
Citizens Against Government Waste: The little pink book Washington doesn’t want you to read” is back! Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released the 2016 Congressional Pig Book at a news conference on Capitol Hill, alongside Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Reps. Bill Flores (R-Texas) and Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.). Also in attendance were CAGW’s mascot, “PigFoot,” along with our live porcine pal, Faye.
CAGW unearthed 123 earmarks costing taxpayers $5.1 billion in H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, the omnibus spending bill funding the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This marks the fourth time that members of Congress have violated the earmark moratorium adopted in FY 2011 in order to waste vital taxpayer dollars on parochial and non-essential pet projects.
The total cost of $5.1 billion in FY 2016, up 21 percent over FY 2015, also represents one-third of the $15.3 billion in earmarks identified by CAGW since the moratorium took effect.
Among the egregious examples of pork-barrel waste highlighted in the 2016 Pig Book are $8 million for an aquatic plant control program, double the $4 million earmarked in FY 2015; another $40 million to upgrade the M1 Abrams tank, an effort opposed by the Pentagon, which already has more than 2,000 M1s parked in a California desert; and an additional $5.9 million for the East-West Center in Hawaii, a program so deserving of extinction that the State Department attempted to eliminate it for years.
To complement the release of the 2016 Pig Book, CAGW published a new video titled “All About Pork.” The video describes what earmarks are, how they are detrimental to the political system, and why Congress should enact a permanent ban.
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Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.
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CAGW unearthed 123 earmarks costing taxpayers $5.1 billion in H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, the omnibus spending bill funding the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This marks the fourth time that members of Congress have violated the earmark moratorium adopted in FY 2011 in order to waste vital taxpayer dollars on parochial and non-essential pet projects.
The total cost of $5.1 billion in FY 2016, up 21 percent over FY 2015, also represents one-third of the $15.3 billion in earmarks identified by CAGW since the moratorium took effect.
Among the egregious examples of pork-barrel waste highlighted in the 2016 Pig Book are $8 million for an aquatic plant control program, double the $4 million earmarked in FY 2015; another $40 million to upgrade the M1 Abrams tank, an effort opposed by the Pentagon, which already has more than 2,000 M1s parked in a California desert; and an additional $5.9 million for the East-West Center in Hawaii, a program so deserving of extinction that the State Department attempted to eliminate it for years.
To complement the release of the 2016 Pig Book, CAGW published a new video titled “All About Pork.” The video describes what earmarks are, how they are detrimental to the political system, and why Congress should enact a permanent ban.
Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.
Tags: Citizens Against Government Waste, CAGW, 2016 Pig Book, $5.1 Billion in Pork, government waste To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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