Government Pork Projects: Real or Fake?

The organization, Bankrupting America, is back with a video of man-on-the-street interviews asking folks if various claims about government spending are "real or fake." As you can imagine, when it comes to government pork, truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Who's the Pork-Resisting Hero?

This new report gives John McCain a perfect "100" score in resisting pork projects while in the Senate, and "88" over the course of his entire time in the Senate and Congress. Had McCain been present for all of the votes, his score would have labeled him a public "Super Hero." Instead, McCain is the lower "Hero."

The report is from The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste.

Obama? He scored only "10" last year and an "18" in his 3 years in the Senate. Biden? He scored a "ZERO!" last year, and just "22" in his three decade career.

Obama and Biden earned the label "Hostile."

(Sarah Palin was not scored because the ratings only evaluated those in Congress and the Senate.)