Bend voters call 'pork' in bailout bill ridiculous

[struggle4progress]

Earmarks derided as bad use of tax money
By Nina Mehlhaf, KTVZ.COM

... look deeper and some say you find strange things like these: $6 million in tax exemptions for certain wooden arrows used in kids' toys. $192 million in tax breaks for the rum producers of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. $128 million in tax breaks for car racing tracks. Then Section 325 of the bill provides essential tax breaks for the wool research fund ...

NewsChannel 21 brought the list of obscure tax cuts to downtown Bend voters, to get their reaction.

Nick D'Innocnco and Galen Douglas said,"It's ridiculous. That is ridiculous. Kids' wooden arrows? That's crap. I can't believe that. Wow" ...

"This is just more toying with us and fear factors, and they're trying to scare us into stuff we don't want to do," said Payne ...

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=9116201

[hay rick]

1. Tax break for rum producers?

How about a break for rum drinkers?