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From the state that brought American taxpayers the infamous “bridge to nowhere” comes another seemingly ridiculous earmark: the “boat to nowhere,” an $8.5 million federally-funded ferry that connects two tiny Alaskan towns — one with only 250 residents.
“We call it the boat to nowhere because, like the bridge to nowhere, it was a totally useless earmark,” said Melanie Sloan, head of the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
