IP: Bailout Bill full of Pork [why am I not surprised djf]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

WASHINGTON -- Watermelon growers. Filmmakers. Owners of electric cars. 
Commuters in northern New Jersey. Those are among the people who would 
benefit from the very fine print of a Senate measure to boost the 
languishing U.S. economy.

The bill, on which a vote is expected next week, would pour about $70 
billion into the economy next year, mostly for extended unemployment 
benefits, health insurance subsidies and tax breaks for individuals and 
businesses. But it also includes a panoply of provisions less obviously 
connected to stimulating the economy--and more clearly designed to win 
support from specific senators.


> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-111001tax.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes


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