Thursday, April 27, 2006

Keystone kleptos - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Keystone kleptos - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Keystone kleptos


Wednesday, April 26, 2006

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is not as ineffectual as its reputation suggests.

With impressive ingenuity and yet monumental modesty beyond its respective districts, the Legislature's bipartisan leadership deftly created a funding mechanism for favored nonprofit organizations that redefines incestuous and gives Pennsylvanians a new appreciation for the principled statecraft of banana republics.

At least six legislators earmarked about $29 million to nonprofits they created, control or are associated with, which, coincidently, help them politically."

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