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GOP Rep. from N.C. Charles Taylor blocked a memorial that would be created for those that died on Flight 93 when it crashed in PA back on Sept 11, 2001. All I can say is thank God. I feel for the loss of those families, but they expect us to pony up up to $60 million to build a giant memorial for them out in the middle of nowhere.
Rep. Taylor's reasoning is that "the federal government is already the largest landowner in the country, and he believes that no additional tax dollars should go to more land buying for this or any other memorial. Beyond that, the families have committed to raising half the $60 million needed to build the memorial but so far have raised $7.5 million."
The land is going to cost $10 million because the families are planing a 1,200 acre memorial at the site. Taylor is being pressured not to fight against these families and go ahead and give them whatever they want because it's an election year. I hope he stands his ground. If I lived in his district, I'd vote for him just because he's taken a stance against worthless pork spending.
1,200 acres and tens of millions of dollars? Definite pork. You can practically hear it squealing.
GOP Rep. from N.C. Charles Taylor blocked a memorial that would be created for those that died on Flight 93 when it crashed in PA back on Sept 11, 2001. All I can say is thank God. I feel for the loss of those families, but they expect us to pony up up to $60 million to build a giant memorial for them out in the middle of nowhere.
Rep. Taylor's reasoning is that "the federal government is already the largest landowner in the country, and he believes that no additional tax dollars should go to more land buying for this or any other memorial. Beyond that, the families have committed to raising half the $60 million needed to build the memorial but so far have raised $7.5 million."
The land is going to cost $10 million because the families are planing a 1,200 acre memorial at the site. Taylor is being pressured not to fight against these families and go ahead and give them whatever they want because it's an election year. I hope he stands his ground. If I lived in his district, I'd vote for him just because he's taken a stance against worthless pork spending.
1,200 acres and tens of millions of dollars? Definite pork. You can practically hear it squealing.