As if the spending by this Congress has not been ridiculous enough, Friday, the House of Representatives discussed H.R. 1018, the Restore our American Mustangs Act (ROAM). ROAM is a $700 million bill that would fund the The federal Bureau of Land Management as it aims for a manageable population of 27,000 wild mustangs. Right now there are 36,000 wild mustangs, and the population doubles every four or five years.
Mark Steyn at National Review Online has posted an article entitled "The Gelded Age" which explains how ROAM will spend its $700 million. Please follow the link and read the full article, it is hilarious, and nothing I can say as a summary will do it justice.
One of Mark Steyn's comments:
"The bill also calls for a biennial horse census (presumably run by ACORN) and mandates that government bureaucrats perform home inspections before Americans can adopt wild horses or burros. Presumably this will require a Federal Burro of Investigation or some such."
There is also a breakdown of the bill (and a really good music video) at Power LIne yesterday.
This is the current state of fiscal responsibility in our representatives. We need new representatives!
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