Bring Out Your Pork - New York Times: "Editorial
Bring Out Your Pork
Published: September 8, 2005
Fair warning to the suffering Gulf Coast masses: Congress is already talking of concocting 'economic stimulus' and 'job creation' packages as hurricane recovery tools. That sounds useful, but unfortunately those terms usually signal that the House and the Senate are about to use the crisis of the moment to roll out wasteful tax cuts for the well-off and pork barrel outlays for hometown voters.
The overwhelming need of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, coupled with the nation's shock at government ineptitude, should inspire members of Congress to sober up and become something approaching responsible policy makers. If they do decide to reform, there's an easy way to prove it. They could turn in their pork."
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