Pig Book

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    • 2009 edition lists over $19.6 billion in "pork"Time: Government Pork: A Voter's Guide (April 13, 2009)
    • 2008 edition lists over $17.2 billion in "pork"
    • Documents 11,610 projects total in 2008
    • Represents 30% increase over 2007 (dollar amts)
    • Identified $271 Billion in pork since 1991
    • Alaska led the nation with $380 Million
    • Arizona came up with the least "pork"

  • The Pig Book is an annual book published by the non-profit group, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). The book outlines the pork-barrel spending by congress for the fiscal year. It has been published every year since 1991, and is available online for free in the Adobe PDF format.

    April 14, 2009: The CAGW has just released the 2009 Pig Book, which includes 10,160 projects in 12 appropriations bills that total more than $19 billion dollars.CNN.com: "Pig Book" calls out top congressional porkers (April 14, 2009)

  • 2008 Pork Projects

    1. $3M to First Tee - teaching disadvantaged kids to play golf
    2. $1.95M to the Charles Rangle Center for Public Service
    3. $460K for hops research
    4. $200K for fruit fly research - in Paris, France
    5. $196K for the renovation of the Las Vegas post office

  • "Pork" Qualifications

    1. Requested by only one chamber of Congress
    2. Not specifically authorized
    3. Not competitively awarded
    4. Not requested by the President
    5. Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding
    6. Not the subject of congressional hearings
    7. Serves only a local or special interest.

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      @camaxwell I get plenty telly watching time (Peppa Pig, Lazytown etc) but internet time is precious! Also editing xmas Blurb book too :-)
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      I'm full as a pig right now. Bout to get back into this book n prob take a nap....lazy dayz!
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      The Guinea Pig Diaries by A. J. Jacobs - Audio Book Download http://bit.ly/gDQ5X
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      About super readers: if they ever got stranded in a book, chances of them eating the pig are very high. Bacon.
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      I read my pig book - you know, pig and wolf (AKA three little pigs)
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  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

    • tweet
      @camaxwell I get plenty telly watching time (Peppa Pig, Lazytown etc) but internet time is precious! Also editing xmas Blurb book too :-)
    • tweet
      I'm full as a pig right now. Bout to get back into this book n prob take a nap....lazy dayz!
    • tweet
      The Guinea Pig Diaries by A. J. Jacobs - Audio Book Download http://bit.ly/gDQ5X
    • tweet
      About super readers: if they ever got stranded in a book, chances of them eating the pig are very high. Bacon.
    • tweet
      I read my pig book - you know, pig and wolf (AKA three little pigs)
    more view more tweets...

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

    • tweet
      @camaxwell I get plenty telly watching time (Peppa Pig, Lazytown etc) but internet time is precious! Also editing xmas Blurb book too :-)
    • tweet
      I'm full as a pig right now. Bout to get back into this book n prob take a nap....lazy dayz!
    • tweet
      The Guinea Pig Diaries by A. J. Jacobs - Audio Book Download http://bit.ly/gDQ5X
    • tweet
      About super readers: if they ever got stranded in a book, chances of them eating the pig are very high. Bacon.
    • tweet
      I read my pig book - you know, pig and wolf (AKA three little pigs)
    more view more tweets...

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

    • tweet
      @camaxwell I get plenty telly watching time (Peppa Pig, Lazytown etc) but internet time is precious! Also editing xmas Blurb book too :-)
    • tweet
      I'm full as a pig right now. Bout to get back into this book n prob take a nap....lazy dayz!
    • tweet
      The Guinea Pig Diaries by A. J. Jacobs - Audio Book Download http://bit.ly/gDQ5X
    • tweet
      About super readers: if they ever got stranded in a book, chances of them eating the pig are very high. Bacon.
    • tweet
      I read my pig book - you know, pig and wolf (AKA three little pigs)
    more view more tweets...

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