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Inappropriations
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Mother Jones
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Foundation for National Progress Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Your tax dollars at rest
Last December, Congress got around to finishing the federal budget In addition to the usual raft of earmarks, tucked into the final 1,400-plus-page spending bill were scores of blind items that specify where its $555 billion can't go. The reverse earmarks ranged from the aggressively anti-pork (targeting the CDC'S rec room) to the symbolic {cutting funding for torture) to the downright weird (attempting to block anyone from claiming Montana's unofficial state motto, inserted by Big Sky Senator Max Baucus). Here are some of the things your tax dollars aren't supposed to pay for in 2008:
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