World's Most Expensive Whore - Works in Congress

Nothing like stealing from taxpayers to further your own social agenda. And nothing like whoring out your state's vote for some extra cash:

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.”

I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.

In other words, the bill spends two pages describing would could be written with a single world: Louisiana. (This may also help explain why the bill is long.)

Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu.

How much does it cost? According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million. - ABC News

Not that this type of game playing has not been done before and surely Congressmen have traded their votes for a little extra for their own state. However, this might be the most expensive vote purchase ever.

This one section of the bill will cost each American 33 cents. That is $1.32 for a family of four and if you take into account that half of all Americans pay no taxes, that comes out to $2.64 out of your pocket to Louisiana's pockets, in order to get her to vote for the health care monstrosity. Of course the money in itself is trivial, but the result is priceless.

And of course, the 33 cents is just a down payment on our entrance fee for this Government-mandated shakedown.

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