Porkbusters: Stop Wasting, Start Helping Katrina Victims

I know, it's shocking, great ideas coming from Rightie blogs. But yes, maybe Katrina changed things and opened a line of dialog that can be beneficial for all. Here's a very powerful idea from The Truth Laid Bear called Porkbusters. It's a repository of wasteful spending broken down by state. TTLB (and others) propose stopping wasteful spending to help fund Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

A little closer to my political leanings, Fareed Zakaria says, "Whatever his other accomplishments, Bush will go down in history as the most fiscally irresponsible chief executive in American history." In his article in Newsweek called Leaders Who Won't Choose, Zakaria outlines just how the American cupboards became bare. "Since 2001, government spending has gone up from $1.86 trillion to $2.48 trillion, a 33 percent rise in four years! Defense and Homeland Security are not the only culprits. Domestic spending is actually up 36 percent in the same period."

There's pork to be cut. Katrina victims don't like pork. Pork, it's the other white (man's) meat.