$200 million spent on Rum. Bailout Pork


	$200 million spent on Rum. Bailout Pork

grace5

10-3-2008 8:58 PM

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grace5 says:

this is very bad,we are being taken advantage of

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I thought this was for the finical crisis we were in? I guess we have been had again by them Washington guys.Seems lying  and getting some of that money for your home state is in style even in thesde hard times.
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