After the Republicans took back control of the House following the November 2010 elections, the GOP leadership went with Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers—a.k.a. “The Prince of Pork”—to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee. I wrote at the time that “The support for Rogers from House Republican leaders is a slap in the face of voters who demanded change in Washington.”
I haven’t changed my mind.
A recent article in the New York Times offers up another reminder that the 30-year House veteran’s priority is to funnel taxpayer money back to his district—not downsize the federal government:"..........................
It is so easy to get disgusted by politics as usual. And usually the worst offenders are the Congressmen in "safe" districts, that is why I love to see the old guard primaried out. Hopefully a fiscal conservative takes out Hal.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
