Piggy Ears in Congress

Earmarks are famous in Congress and unpopular in the general public.  If you haven't seen the list, then here are the top five offenders from the Senate and the House:

The five top earmarkers in the Senate and they are

Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), with $490.2 million in earmarks, Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) with $387.5 million, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) with $384.1 million, Carl Levin (D-Mich.) with $302.1 million and Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) with $291.6 million.

In the House, Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) took the lead with $148.4 million in earmarks, followed by Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), with $147.8 million and $138.8 million, respectively. Bill Young of Florida (R-Fla.) came in fourth with $129.5 million and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) of South Dakota came in fifth, with $118.4 million.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Pig-book-shows-earmark-reduction--90872159.html

We are being milked dry by wasted spending!  Don't you just get angry?