Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) its March 2025 Porker of the Month for trying to unfreeze grants for green school buses.
Sen. Capito wants to force taxpayers to pay for green energy school buses since they are manufactured in her state.
West Virginia’s project has already spent $30 million, and Sen. Capito wants to unfreeze the remaining $895 million.
The funds come from a $5 billion EPA clean (green) school bus program that is so far behind schedule it will take 350 years for all 8,731 buses to get to a school district.
Even though Sen. Capito claims that, “Trimming fat out of government, we all know it needs to be done,” it’s evident that she wants to keep a big slice of bacon for herself.
CAGW President Tom Schatz said, “Sen. Capito needs to get on board with President Trump’s efforts to reduce wasteful spending. Instead, she is hellbent on having taxpayers fund grants for green energy school buses.”
“It has been proven that green school buses cost up to four times more than traditional buses and do not make a difference for the environment,” Schatz continued. “Sen. Capito needs to practice what she preaches and ‘trim the fat out of government’ instead of wasting money on green initiatives. For this reason, Sen. Capito was an easy choice for March Porker of the Month.”
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What a dried up old haggy. She’s one of many.
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I could send her an email. As a constituent, she always sends a reply even if we disagree. I agree that we need to cut the budget as much as possible. We are like a family that is deep in debt. We need to cut nonessential items. However, West Virginia is a poor state. When you have very little, you hold on to what you have very tightly. As I understand it, there is a lot of foreign investment coming here in response to the tariffs. What would it take to have a small portion of that go to West Virginia? Building a factory 🏭 or two in West Virginia would mean a lot. Senator Capito is known as a RINO and is up for reelection in 2026 and might face a primary challenge. On the positive side, she was voted for all of President Trump’s nominees and there are better pictures of her.
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That’s a good synopsis of the West Virginia situation, and maybe the old Senator is bitter and tired; that sure is a stunningly bad picture. But those school buses; what goes on in people’s minds? Just the numbers are enough. It’s throwing money down a hole.
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Sometimes, I get sad writing these. This is one example.
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