Studies in Fleecing
I don't know if any of you watched the press conference that followed the Senate vote last night, but there was no shortage of quotes about 'coming together to do what's best for the country.'
Apparently US Senate leadership feels that wool studies and domestic rum are critical to the functioning of the US economy. As if the bailout wasn't pork enough:
The special provisions include tax breaks for:
* Manufacturers of kids' wooden arrows - $6 million.
* Puerto Rican and Virgin Is- lands rum producers - $192 million.
* Wool research.
* Auto-racing tracks - $128 million.
* Corporations operating in American Samoa - $33 million.
* Small- to medium-budget film and television productions - $10 million.
