Alaska 1st, Ariz. last in pork spending - USATODAY.com
Last meets first.
Arizona ranks last, Alaska ranks first.. by far!
Arizona 19.7 dollars per person... Alaska 506 dollars per person.
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Interesting interactive map.
Note that Alaska per captia gets double as much as nr 2 on the list and many many times more per capita than most of the US. And Palin is suppose to be a reformer and against earmarks like McCain? At least McCain on this issue has the numbers with him some what.. although his state still gets earmarks.... 118 million of them.
On the bright side, Alaska use to have earmarks totalling over 800 dollars per capita a few years ago.
And her own records seem not to back up her own claims.
Nation & World | Palin's earmark requests: more per person than any other state | Seattle Times Newspaper Quote:
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Yet documents Palin's office released to The Seattle Times on Tuesday show her cuts in earmarks were far more modest than she claimed. Last year, Palin requested $254 million in earmarks, not $550 million, so her cuts this year were only 22 percent, not the 63 percent she claimed.
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Ups, someone messed up.
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