Potty Pork: Stimulus Down the Drain?
WASHINGTON -- The feds are spending tens of millions of stimulus dollars to repair and build toilets across the nation, in an outflow of taxpayer funds that critics have branded "potty pork."
From humble sylvan outhouses to "historic" restrooms, cash from the $787 billion stimulus is going to spruce up or completely replace aging toilets, government releases show.
In New Mexico alone, the feds are spending $2.8 million for toilets in national forests.
Ok I agree, this name 'Potty Pork' is a bit funny. I even grinned when I read it. However folks, anybody that's ever visited a park or forest knows having a working toilet is a necessity, and the people that are building those toilets, transporting those toilets and installing them is making money doing so. They have a job.
While to some it might be a 'crappy' job, it's food on the table and rent money for those doing the job.I think those people complaining about spending money on these sort of things should be ashamed of themselves for wanting to deny the workers their jobs.
I would think that the "stimulus" would be exlax, does that still exist? Or maybe one of the colon cleansers which are advertised on TPM courtesy of Google.
Right on with regard to working toilets, though. And not only in the parks. One of the amenities of London and other world class cities (Munich, for example) is that the visitor wandering around the city center doesn't have to panic if nature starts to call insistently. Nice post.
July 27, 2009 11:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
What an apt metaphor for the Porkulus bill we were told was going to save our souls if we passed it asap and without questions or debate.
But there's more!
Pelosi, in her incomparable progressiveness, said that health care reform is really a stimulus...
More toilets for Democrats, please!
July 28, 2009 8:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Toilets are nice - but we have bridges crumbling and power grids that are antiquated. Maybe it would be better to spend more on those types of projects instead of toilets?
Plus, are these temporary jobs or more long-lasting jobs? How long will these provide food on the table for somebody?
July 28, 2009 10:13 AM | Reply | Permalink