When Bristol, Virginia wanted money to renovate their local train station (left), they turned to Washington. Bristol city leaders called up their Congressmen and Senators and asked them some federal money. Their men in Washington were more than happy to help them out -- with your money.First, Rep Rick Boucher (D-VA) turned around and asked Congress for $400,000.
Then Sen John Warner (R-VA) decided $1 million would be even better.
Politics is the art of compromise. And Congress compromised by adding the two numbers together -- for a total of $1.4 million.
That's going to be one mighty fine railroad station in Bristol. Just too bad there's no train service there. (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
1 comment:
And that's the state of "conservative" politics for you.
To them (and the lefties too) tax dollars are no more meaningful than Monopoly money.
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