Don't Bitch About Spending Here; Bitch About Spending To Your Congressman

Instaman has a link to a pork report card on all 435 members of Congress.

Letters work, man. These guys live in a bubble. They really do not know what actual Americans are thinking until actual Americans, get this, tell them what they're thinking.

It doesn't have to be long. It doesn't have to argue the point. It doesn't have to explain the philsophical and economic evils of pork and the Tragedy of the Commons hazard implicit in it. They don't read that anyway. They just want to know two things:

Are you for it or are you against it;

and

Can I get away with voting against your wishes, or will you punish me by voting out of office if I do?

You might want to mention they're not fooling anyone. No one's "bringing home the money to the home district." What everyone is doing is voting to "bring home the money" to all 435 districts. You don't live in 434 of those districts, so you're paying for 434 public park beautification & bike path projects and only getting the benefit of one -- and if you don't like parks or ride a bike, you ain't even gettin' that much.

posted by Ace at 12:52 PM

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