4 February 2012, 9:33 pm
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) puts out what they call the Pig Book every year. The 2011 one isn't out yet, but here are some facts about 2010. (Remember, this is pork as defined by CAGW.) Did you know that $51 per person nationally would pay for the pork? That is the per capita average for the nation. If every person in Hawaii paid $251 they would have paid for their pork. If every person in Wyoming paid $12.28, they would have paid for their pork. If every person in the red states paid $54, they would have paid for the pork that red states got. If every person in a blue state paid $46, they would have paid for the pork that blue states got. (Keep in mind that states with smaller populations have fewer people to pay for whatever pork comes their way, and that the opposite is true for states with large populations) Did you know that the top five states for pork per capita, in order, are Hawaii, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Arkansas. The lowest, in order, are Wyoming, Minnesota, Arizona, Idaho, and Tennessee. I was surprised, actually, that figures seemed to even out pretty much. I was also surprised at how low the figure was on a per capita basis. It seemed to me that the states could pay their own way on these projects more easily than I thought. The two biggest areas for pork were agriculture, defense, and homeland security... Read More »
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