Sec. 503 Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children.

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 now also includes the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 and a smorgasbord of other add-ons. Among the notable features of the additional provisions are tax credits for wind and solar power, an extension of relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax, a provision to ensure that healthcare plans include mental health benefits and so many other handouts to various constituencies that no blog post would be sufficient to include them all.

The pigs are at the trough, loading onto the bill everything they can think of to appease voters, pay back their campaign contributors, and funnel funds to their congressional districts. Why else would this bill to stabilize the American economy include, and I quote:

• Sec. 503 Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children.