Re: Mt Rainier Scenic... Why? Because someone asks for it...
Author: The Adjustment Bureau
Date: 05-06-2021 - 18:27
Steamfan Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > The Adjustment Bureau Wrote:
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> > > Ghost of Fred Weyerhaeuser Wrote:
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> > > > Same thing could be done for Mt. Rainier.
> > The
> > > > hardest one would be making the
> > > > state park. Gov. Inslee could get the
> money
> > > from
> > > > Prez. Biden if he asked nicely,
> > > > methinks.
> > >
> > > Why would the federal government provide
> money
> > for
> > > a state park????
> >
> > Well.......??? It's usually because a
> Congressman
> > representing that district, or a Senator
> > representing that state, or the administration
> > requests and/or puts the funding into an
> > appropriations bill for that purpose, and
> Congress
> > passes that request for funds in an
> appropriation
> > bill....
>
>
> In other words, Pork Barrel.
The late Congressman Joseph McDade, a Pennsylvania Republican, got a park established for trains in Scranton. Known as Steamtown, the park became part of the National Parks system. Those who were skeptical of its value dubbed it a "Park Barrel."