Until no state can, let's get our share: Georgia almost lowest for pork-barrel spending, watchdog group says

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that the nonprofit, nonpartisan Citizens Against Government Waste’s 2009 Congressional Pig Book lists 10,160 projects nationwide at a cost of $19.6 billion for fiscal 2009. But Georgia’s per capita spending on what CAGW defines as pork is actually well below the national average. Georgia is 50th among the states on the group’s “Pork per Capita” list with $15.14 being spent per resident.