Road to Ruin

President Bush once threatened to veto the highway bill if it went over his spending limit.

With accounting tricks factored in, the bill topped that mark by $11 billion. The President went ahead and signed the pork laden highway bill today. It contains more than 6,000 pet projects costing $24 billion. That's a 50-fold increase over the highway bill Ronald Reagan vetoed for having too much pork.

Here are links to my posts detailing some of the Highway Bill pork barrel spending:

Pork is Like a Runaway Train August 23

Arkansas Must Look a Lot Bigger on Paper August 23

Carefully Placed Pork August 22

Revolving Doors & Ferries August 22

How Bridges in Alaska Weaken the War on Terror August 17

Arizona Run Over in Road Bill August 10

Highway Bill Takes Some Money Away from Alaska August 10

Not Everything's Bigger in Texas August 9

Talking Up and Down the Road Bill August 9

Rank has its Priveleges August 8

Road to Ruin August 8

Accounting Tricks in the Road Bill August 8

Ferrying Pork: The Mystery Money in California could Benefit Alaska August 8

No One Holds the Line on Federal Spending in the Old Line State August 5

Parking Federal Money in Omaha August 5

You'll Pay for that Highway Bill Down the Road August 5

Moving Money from Capitol Hill to Main Street August 5

Blocking Trump's View August 4

Private Pork August 4

What's in a Name August 4

Road Kill August 4

Who You Know August 4

Throwing Your Money Down a Hole in the Ground August 3

What Critics Say About the Highway Bill August 3

Pork for the Road -- Showtime at the Apollo August 1 (featuring a detailed laundry list of pork projects)

Bridge Naming Language August 1

Road Kill in the Road Bill July 30

Road Bill Round Up July 29 (quotes from newspapers around the country)