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p> PIG-HEADED br> Re: W. James Antle III & Richard B. Spencer's Let Them Eat Pork : /p>

The lead-in to "Let Them Eat Pork" asks, "What's wrong with a little earmark spending?"

Apart from the fact that "winking" at our own principles is what got conservatism into the current mess in the first place, the Constitution does not permit it.

p>Next question? br> -- Daniel H. Fernald, Ph.D. br> Mountain View, California /p>

I realize that it must be tough to turn out attention-grabbing columns week after week, but the need seems to produce some bizarre topics.

Along this line, the arguments of Antle and Spencer in favor of fiscal pork sound like some other meat to me -- baloney. Assuming I understand them correctly, it's ridiculous for the government to save a few discretionary bucks while spending far more on entitlements.

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