Just in case anyone wants to read the bailout:
Text of Wall Street Bailout « Senate Conservatives Fund
Went from 3 pages, to 100 pages, to 450ish... someone has a sore hand (it's a little known fact that pageboys have to hand write new bills then senior page boys type them out).
Oh and here are more of the special interests we're paying for:
New Tax earmarks in Bailout bill
- Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)
- Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)
- 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504)
Tax earmark “extenders” in the bailout bill.
- Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
- American Samoa (Sec. 309)
- Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
- Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
- Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
- Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
- Railroads (Sec. 316)
- Auto Racing Tracks (317)
- District of Columbia (Sec. 322)
- Wool Research (Sec. 325)
Can't say I disagree with helping out the Rum industry.
