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July 20, 2009
Ham=Pork
To paraphrase...."I'll gladly pay you $1 Million over the next decade for a ham sandwich today."
Award OverviewTalk about pork-barrel spending! California 34 is represented by Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. I guess she likes ham. And we're supposed to believe that government run (er, "single payer") health care will SAVE us money?Agency Name: Department of Agriculture
Project Location: LOS ANGELES
Contract Number: AG3J14120297196
Project Location - State: CA
Funding Amount: $1,191,200
Project Location - Zip Code: 90058-1800
Completion Date: 2009-06-30
Congressional District: CA-34Recipient Information (Award)
Recipient Name: CLOUGHERTY PACKING, LLC
Recipient Address: 3049 E VERNON AVE
Recipient City: LOS ANGELES
Recipient State: CALIFORNIA
Recipient Zip Code: 90058-1800
Congressional District: CALIFORNIA-34
Description of Work/Service performed: 2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED
UPDATE: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsac clarified that the 2 lbs refers to a 2 Lb packages of ham, at about $1.50/lb. As Drudge reports, Food Lion was cheaper (though the flier has "disappeared").


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I would like to go on record:
This is a hoax. Not even the most insane military purchasing practices ($2,000 for a hammer, etc.) came close to this - $1m+ for two pounds of ham. This website must have been hacked, possibly by someone trying to point out all of the pork in this gov't program, possibly just by a computer geek wag.
Posted by: Monique at July 20, 2009 5:23 PMMonique is quick with the pom poms.
Posted by: Phil the phirst at July 20, 2009 9:11 PM