Clougherty Packing LLC | Sign of Stimulus Pork Obesity

Our tax dollars are funding $1 million ham?

When will this ever be OK? When these things fly! (Photo: TripAdvisor.com)

Are your tax dollars hard at work, making President Obama’s stimulus plan the biggest, baddest stimulus fighting machine it can be? Is it helping America recover from this gigantic recession? Let me just say that you shouldn’t give up your payday loans and unsecured loans based upon the outcome of Barack’s little plan.

Take a look at what we’re giving Clougherty Packing LLC

Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom blog points out that when it comes to stimulus fighting, the pork barrel stuff may be just the tonic to deep six America’s economic stimulus. Huzzah!

First of all, check out the images in Bungalow Bill’s article: they are statements that reflect just where (and in what amounts) our tax dollars are being used. Among the expenses are a $1 million two-pounds of sliced ham, courtesy of Clougherty Packing, LLC. But that’s not all. Take a look at the numbers and see perhaps why we haven’t seen more job creation as yet.

$1,562,568 for Mozzarella cheese!

Is that the change we need? Or $351,807 to replace a dumbwaiter? This is along with the $2,531,600 expense for “HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB.” That brings Clougherty Packing LLC’s already staggering total of pork (they like to say ham) to almost $4 million. How do you explain something like that away, Mr. Obama? ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Clougherty Packing LLC | Sign of Stimulus Pork Obesity"