How about some of these winners:  mariachi music classes, a bath house, a parking lot, soybean rust research and more.  Check out some of these winners in the latest federal budget.  No wonder it weighs 15 pounds, is 3320 pages and 14 inches tall.

From Taxpayers for Common Sense:

1. $25,000: Curriculum development for the study of mariachi music, Clark County School Distinct, NV, Labor-HHS.
2. $25,000: Banana Factory for an arts and technology after school program, Bethlehem, PA, Labor-HHS.
3. $45,000: A+ for Abstinence for abstinence education and related services, Waynesboro, PA, Labor-HHS.
4. $300,000: CyberSeniors, Inc. – Experience Senior Power Program, Detroit, MI, Labor-HHS.
5. $225,000: National Wild Turkey Federation, SC, Agriculture.
6. $250,000: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN, VA/HUD.
7. $1,000,000: Missouri Pork Producers Federation: converting animal waste into energy, MO, VA/ HUD.
8. $75,000: Renovations of the Merry Go Round Playhouse, Auburn, NY, VA/HUD.
9. $100,000: Punxsutawney Weather Museum, Punxsutawney, PA, VA/HUD.
10. $306,000: Restroom repair at Porter Beach at Indian Dunes NL, IN, Interior.
11. $4,989,000: Stabilize bathhouses for adaptive reuse, Hot Springs, AR, Interior.
12. $800,000: Soybean Rust Research, Ames, IA, Interior.
13. $1,400,000: Laser lines of tug roads and lake Hood Seaplane base, Ted Stevens International Airport, AK, Transportation.
14. $1,593: Potato Storage, Madison, WI, Agriculture.
15. $250,000: Asparagus Technology and Production, WA, Agriculture.
16. $50,000: Feral Hogs, MO, Agriculture.
17. $150,000: Coca-Cola Space Science Center, Columbs, GA, VA/HUD
18. $150,000: Beaver management and damage. WI, Agriculture
19. $250,000: Sidewalks, street furniture, and facade improvements. Boca Raton, FL, VA/HUD
20. $200,000: American Cotton Museum. Greenville, TX, VA/HUD.
21. $218,250 to the Port of Brookings Harbor, Oregon for the construction of a seafood processing plant.
22. $344,000 to the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation for the renovations to the Bath House at Crotona Park.
23. $72,750 to the City of Portland, Oregon for the Central City Eastside Street Car project.
24. $1,000,000 for the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi
25. $275,000 for the Village of Tijeras, New Mexico for the purchase of a fire truck
26. $200,000 for the town of Pahrump, Nevada for costs associated with the construction of the Pahrump/Nye County fairground.
27. $550,000 for Cleveland Playhouse Square.
28. $250,000 for the City of Birmingham, Alabama for the renovations to the Birmingham Zoo.
29. $100,000 for building a playground in Louisville, Kentucky
30. $100,000 to the City of Rochester, New York for planning and expansion of the High Falls Film Festival.
31. $500,000 to Jazz at Licoln Center in New York City for facilities construction.
32. $200,000 for construction of the Blowing Rock Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock North Carolina.
33. $100,000 to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, North Carolina for facilities construction.
34. $388,000 to the village of Western Springs, Illinois for construction of a parking lot.
35. $121,250 to the City of Los Angeles, California for the rehabilitation of the Echo Park Boathouse.
36. $250,000 for the City of Caribou, Maine to improve and repair a gymnasium and related facilities in the Armory building.
37. $100,000 to the City of Ottawa, Kansas for the improvements to the municipal swimming pool.