"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in a television interview. >>Details
Democrats’ budget resolution would raise America’s tax bill by "$500-billion."
John McCain on Monday, April 7th, 2008 in a poll on McCain's Web site >>Details
"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects."
John McCain on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 in a campaign event in Fairfield, Conn. >>Details
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
John McCain on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich. >>Details
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
John McCain on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
John McCain on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. >>Details
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
John McCain on Monday, October 8th, 2007 in a campaign Web site. >>Details
"We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it."
John McCain on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 in a speech in Nashua, N.H. >>Details
"We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
John McCain on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 in a comment to a reporter. >>Details
"The failings in our civil service are encouraged by a system that makes it very difficult to fire someone even for gross misconduct."
John McCain on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 in Oklahoma City. >>Details
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