Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343576
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343576
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.
Building the Bloc
Author: Ruth Bloch Rubin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316510425
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
When will dissident members of a Congress successfully seize power from their party leaders and fellow lawmakers? When they organize.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316510425
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
When will dissident members of a Congress successfully seize power from their party leaders and fellow lawmakers? When they organize.
Structures Congress 2018
Author: J. Greg Soules
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781523120116
Category : Structural analysis (Engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This collection contains 41 peer-reviewed papers on buildings and disaster management presented at the Structures Congress 2018, held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 19-21, 2018.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781523120116
Category : Structural analysis (Engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This collection contains 41 peer-reviewed papers on buildings and disaster management presented at the Structures Congress 2018, held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 19-21, 2018.
Fabricate 2020
Author: Jane Burry
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787358119
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial conference (London, April 2020). The book features cutting-edge built projects and work-in-progress from both academia and practice. It brings together pioneers in design and making from across the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Fabricate 2020 includes 32 illustrated articles punctuated by four conversations between world-leading experts from design to engineering, discussing themes such as drawing-to-production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787358119
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial conference (London, April 2020). The book features cutting-edge built projects and work-in-progress from both academia and practice. It brings together pioneers in design and making from across the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Fabricate 2020 includes 32 illustrated articles punctuated by four conversations between world-leading experts from design to engineering, discussing themes such as drawing-to-production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft.
History of Construction Cultures
Author: Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781032001999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781032001999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2636
Book Description
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
Author: Ine Wouters
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429013620
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018). The contributions present the latest research in the field of construction history, covering themes such as: - Building actors - Building materials - The process of building - Structural theory and analysis - Building services and techniques - Socio-cultural aspects - Knowledge transfer - The discipline of Construction History The papers cover various types of buildings and structures, from ancient times to the 21st century, from all over the world. In addition, thematic papers address specific themes and highlight new directions in construction history research, fostering transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories is a must-have for academics, scientists, building conservators, architects, historians, engineers, designers, contractors and other professionals involved or interested in the field of construction history.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429013620
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018). The contributions present the latest research in the field of construction history, covering themes such as: - Building actors - Building materials - The process of building - Structural theory and analysis - Building services and techniques - Socio-cultural aspects - Knowledge transfer - The discipline of Construction History The papers cover various types of buildings and structures, from ancient times to the 21st century, from all over the world. In addition, thematic papers address specific themes and highlight new directions in construction history research, fostering transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories is a must-have for academics, scientists, building conservators, architects, historians, engineers, designers, contractors and other professionals involved or interested in the field of construction history.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Building Construction and Superintendence
Author: Frank Eugene Kidder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description