Investment Advice
Invest in Pork! Apparently, only pork joins alcohol, drugs, and porn as being recession proof. Actually, it seems that pork grows in value all the time. This year, a record $22.5 Billion (yes, with a B) was identified by Citizens Against Government Waste. Republicans are not the party of less government that they say they are anymore. $22.5B will buy a lot of votes.
Some highlights:
-$33 million for the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa.
-$25 million for the International Fund for Ireland.
-$21 million for the Magdelana Ridge Observatory in New Mexico.
-$7.7 million for the Alaska Wide Mobile Radio Program.
-$4 million for the International Fertilizer Development Center
-$1 million for a DNA study of bears in Montana
-$500,000 for the International Coffee Organization.
-$350,000 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
