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Earmarks are down 40 percent in the 2011 spending bills compared to last year. The House Republicans’ self-imposed moratorium on earmarks is the reason. I think earmarks are overblown as a driver of federal spending and that there are much larger programs that need tackling if the GOP is to get serious about limiting government. I also don’t object to earmarking in principle.
But I do believe constantly requesting funds for small but constitutionally dubious pet projects makes it more difficult for Republicans to have the credibility they need to rein in those larger programs. So this is a very modest step in the right direction.
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Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.4.10 @ 4:18PM
"So this is a very modest step in the right direction". There's an old saying, and I paraphrase, the longest friggin' journey starts with just one step, but you can't finish the longest journey until you take that first step. So I'll take anything I can get in the "right" direction, one NO here, one NO there, and with this Congress that could add up to Billions not spent. Hey, it's a start!! And as another old saying goes, and I paraphrase again, we're lost, but we're making great time!!