Truth Laid Bear: Porkbusters
hat tip to Mary-Eileen!
I was never against rebuilding New Orleans, although I hope for some forethought. I also understand that one man’s pork might just be one man’s morsel of bread. However, we all have to look at our own budgets from time to time, so it is only far that our country also do so. Truth Laid Bear is collecting ideas to free up money, totalling 41,011,785,963 so far, to help rebuild hurricane-damaged areas:
“How are we going to mobilize the blogosphere in support of cuts in wasteful spending to support Katrina relief? Here’s the plan. Identify some wasteful spending in your state or (even better) Congressional District. Put up a blog post on it. Go to N.Z. Bear’s new PorkBusters page and list the pork, and add a link to your post. Then call your Senators and Representative and ask them if they’re willing to support having that program cut or — failing that — what else they’re willing to cut in order to fund Katrina relief. (Be polite, identify yourself as a local blogger and let them know you’re going to post the response on your blog). Post the results. Then go back to NZ Bear’s page and post a link to your followup blog post .”
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