{"product_id":"the-pig-book-how-government-wastes-your-money-0312343574","title":"The Pig Book: How Government Wastes Your Money","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0312343574\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Citizens Against Government Waste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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:- $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa- $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil- $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri- $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!)- $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California- $1 million for ornamental fish researchFunny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737776816416,"sku":"NEW0312343574","price":20.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71gmL7ycdRL.jpg?v=1779573123","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-pig-book-how-government-wastes-your-money-0312343574","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}