{"product_id":"the-pig-book-how-government-wastes-your-money-9780312343576","title":"The Pig Book: How Government Wastes Your Money","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa\u003cbr\u003e- $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil\u003cbr\u003e- $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri\u003cbr\u003e- $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa )\u003cbr\u003e- $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California\u003cbr\u003e- $1 million for ornamental fish research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, \u003ci\u003eThe Pig Book\u003c\/i\u003e proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312343576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.51w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Citizens Against Government Waste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635841003676,"sku":"9780312343576","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_15a2592a-0aa5-4b77-ac47-824dee966746.jpg?v=1603840676","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pig-book-how-government-wastes-your-money-9780312343576","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}