Wednesday, November 17, 2010
EARMARKS
Yesterday Sen Mitch McConnell came out against earmarks. Mark Levin, on his radio show, poo pooed the idea because earmarks are such a small item compared to the federal deficit. I disagree strongly with Levin. What he overlooks is that the true cost of earmarks is NOT only the dollar value of the earmarks but the horse trading that they enable. Many terrible and costly bills are passed by adding small earmarks so key senators would vote for them. A recent example is the Obamacare bill. I would like to see ALL earmarks outlawed.
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Even as someone who just submitted a proposal for an earmark to buy much-needed, updated dental chairs for our Dental Hygiene program, I could not agree more.
Crazy, I know!!
If a project is worth-doing, it should be funded. It should have both transparency and accountability. It should not have to be hidden inside another bill just to get it through.
Of course, Harry Reed will see to it that it does not pass. He still has some people to pay off for all the votes the unions got for him.
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