If I had a million dollars....

Slate directed me to an op-ed piece in today's NYT that features a great chart detailing line items in our glorious House and Senate's proposed budget. Some excerpts:

Senate:
$100 million for GOP and Donkey national conventions
compared to
$25 million for Safe and Drug Free Schools Program

$2 million for Ugandan peace process
compared to
$3.5 million for guided tours of the Capitol
compared to
$214 million for Kosovo assistance

House:
$74 million for peanut storage
compared to
$4 million for the Office of Women's Health
compared to
$5 million for the breeding, feeding and transporting of live fish

$500 million for emergency wildfire suppression
compared to
$400 million for rural schools

And don't worry, Milk Contact Loss Program, you're getting $283 million dollars if the House gets its way!

Besides the troop withdrawal deadline debate, I suspect there will some filibustering around this little diddy: "Allow transfer of funds from holiday ornament sales in the Senate gift shop", which is a line item all by itself.

For more taxpayer money wasting, see this awesome post by Sir Timothy.