Screwed Again

The residents of Maine are, once again, getting screwed by their two Senators.

Both Senator Snowe and Collins are voting FOR the pork laden Omnibus bill BECAUSE it includes $380,000 that will come to Maine for "lighthouse maintenance." All well and good, EXCEPT...

The pork in that bill comes to 7.7 billion dollars. If divided amongst every resident of America, every man woman and child will each pay $25.16, not counting interest. So, every Maine resident is going to pay $25.16 to get that $380,000. BUT...

If each Maine resident were to pay 19 cents instead of $25.16, we could provide that same $380,000 for lighthouse maintenance all by ourselves.

In other words, if we do it ourselves, we pay 19 cents each. But thanks to the superior negotiation skills of our erstwhile senators, each of us will pay almost 140 times that much.

As I said, our incompetent Senators are screwing us yet again, just like they did when they approved the pork-filled Stimulus Bill that puts every family into debt by an additional $12,500. Another "bargain", courtesy of our senators.

Now I realize that some folks will not be phased by the numbers that show how badly our senators are screwing us. They think PORK is the way to get "free money", and do not see the cost. Fine. For those I would point out that Maine and Wyoming get the least amount of pork per person than ANY other states. We are at the bottom of the "pork barrel". So, even if you like pork, your senators STILL are not doing a good job - for every dollar a Washington DC resident rakes in, Maine residents only get about 3 cents.

No matter how you look at it, Maine residents are not being well served by their senators.

I certainly hope we remember this stupidity come election day.

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