Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What's Your Favorite Government Expenditure? Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:18:20 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: <0v0p0jdqjvv9s3n09a3qddk0qm36u1atku@4ax.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:18:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="501a9a6b3b2c3f3484265f8785d6761c"; logging-data="3647384"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19w4hFJ4gb75HI2e+disyUci6UBtNUBoiA=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qGAPD7Wo+wE1a1e5M62zfue8Hkk= Bytes: 1938 On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:14:40 -0400, Nyssa wrote: >BTR1701 wrote: > >> Just taking a little poll here. What is you guys' favorite >> part of the recent $1.2 trillion federal spending bill? >> >> Is it... >> >> (1) $850,000 for a gay senior citizen home in >> Massachusetts; or >> >> (2) $15,000,000 for Egyptian college tuitions; or >> >> (3) $400,000 for a group that helps teens hide their >> gender from their >> parents; or >> >> (4) $500,000 for an anti-racist nature appreciation group >> at the San >> Diego Zoo? > >I choose: > > (5) None of the above > >Nyssa, who doubts she's the only one around here who >will choose (5) Yes, but you aren't a politician. These are almost certainly deals that were made to get various politicians to sign on to the deal. It's one of those nasty sausage making things that are part of the process that no one likes.