THE AFF NETWORK

April 13, 2006

Pork: Why Is It Still What's For Dinner?

On Thursday, April 13, 2006, AFF hosted the roundtable "Pork: Why Is It Still What's for Dinner?" With spending far from being "cut to the (ham)bone," has the Republican Congress's appetite for bringin' home the bacon clogged the arteries of appropriations bills, or is there a conservative argument to be made for letting Congress target spending through earmarks? Moderator Timothy P. Carney, author of the forthcoming book, The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, and Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow at CEI; along with panelists Tom Schatz, president, Citizens Against Government Waste; Brian Wild, lobbyist, the Nickles Group; Russ Vought, policy director, Republican Study Committee; and John Barry, AFF chairman, debated the issues of spending, earmarks, and budget reform.

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