Just another little ornament on Washington's favorite Christmas tree

Bill Allots $37M for Wal-Mart HQ Street :
"[US Rep. John] Boozman [R-AR] spokesman Patrick Creamer said the congressman's request for the funding was penciled in for $3 million when the bill was in committee."

In the miraculous math of Washington a $3 million contribution requested for about 8% of the funding for a small highway project in Bentonville, Arkansas (for the benefit of guess who?) was smiled on by the committee chairman and became $37 million full funding. Of course, in a $284 billion Christmas tree, such a small ornament hardly rates comment.