I am sure it came as no surprise when it was revealed that Teahaddist darling and stimulus critic Michele Bachmann sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack thanking him for the use of stimulus money to help support the Minnesota pork industry, and encouraging him to spend more. After all, who doesn't expect hypocrisy from a politician?
Now it is my understanding, that in many cases, exactly where money will be spent is not in the legislation itself, there is considerable flexibility by the federal agencies that are disbursing the money. So how about this?
If you as a congressman voted against it, then none of the money goes to your district. If both of the state's senators voted against it, skip that state. You want to take credit for bringing home the bacon, then actually help bring it home. Time to play a little hardball.
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