Tancredo Blasts Colorado’s ‘Bridge for Nobody’
This is funny as hell:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) blasted Colorado’s “vegetated wildlife overpass” as an egregious example of the Democrats’ pork-barrel spending. The $500,000 down payment on the nearly $5 million overpass, which was approved as part of the Transportation Appropriations bill today, will, apparently, serve animals who want to cross over I-70 near Vail.
I might say ok to something like this if we could hunt on the overpass? (NOT)
Who added this pork to the transpertation bill: Mark Udall!~
“So Udall wants a specific proposal on how to cut the budget deficit? He should SLICE his animal bridge, so we can use the money for Colorado’s critical infrastructure projects, not a critter carrier. I respect Rep. Udall’s commitment to the environment, but not with this type of project,” said Tancredo. “Democrats whine about budget deficits, yet they obstruct government cuts and continue to spend like it’s going out of style.” Udall voted against the House’s reconciliation package last night.
But Rep Mark Udall is really trying to cut pork, but like most democraps, Just not his own PORK projects
Despite the pork project, Rep. Mark Udall, who pushed for the bridge, has talked tough on the budget. In September, he proposed a substitute for the line-item veto, dubbed the “Stimulating Leadership In Cutting Expenditures” (SLICE) Act. About the SLICE Act, Udall said, “I think there’s an urgent need for both the Bush administration and Congress to face hard reality and not continue with budget policies based on defying the laws of fiscal gravity…It is past time for a serious debate about specific proposals for ways to dig ourselves out of the deficit hole.”
go look at the picture.
Cross Posted at ARS
