Alaskan senators get 500K in federal funds to paint a fish on a plane?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I always find it funny how people can work em selves up into fits of rage about tiny amounts of money (from a govt. point of view) being spent in ways they don't like, as if stopping all this will magically make the deficit disapper.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

giving me a tiny proportion of that money would do a lot more good then painting a fish did (or will ever do).

Maybe true but my point still stands

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well, do consider that those tiny amounts add up - one pork barrell project might only cost a million dollars, but get enough of them and it can cost billions.

But (from a Govt. point of view) that's still not much money

What I find very funny actually, is people who favour big increases in spending in some areas (defense, education, etc, etc, etc) getting enraged and hysterical about this sort of thing