Magic Trick: Making 9,000 Chunks of Pork Disappear

In the past, President Barack Obama has joined the chorus against earmarks, pork, and wasteful government mis-spending of the taxpayers money of all stripes.

So what gives, with the pork-ridden “stimulus” aka  porkulus package he signed?

After all, he said in his address before Congress: “I’m proud that we passed a recovery plan free of earmarks.”

How did he make all those earmarks become non-earmarks?

In his Stoplight® commentary, Stuart Shepard uncovers the mystery of how President Obama made 9,000 pork barrel projects disappear.

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