No I'm not going to write about the Tyson Holyfield fight. A lot is being made about the Republicans now that their in charge wanting to go back on the idea of eliminating earmarks. Many Republicans are citing the constitutionality of earmarks and the need for them in the appropriation process. While the press tends to paint Republicans as bit hypocritical for this change of position.
The problem isn't earmarks the problem is how they are used. Many times earmarks are put into bills that have nothing to do with spending or with totally unrelated spending. Go ahead and use earmarks but do it above board don't stick education spending in a defense bills solely because it couldn't pass on it's own. Accountability first if you aren't proud enough of what you are proposing to let the voters back home know about it don't propose it.
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Exactly. While I support a complete earmark ban just because they are symbolic of the abuse of recent decades, the real issue is the lack of transparency and the insertion of crap into unrelated bills. Let thing face an up or down vote on it's own merits. Some past earmarks were for valid public works projects. Unfortunately, that is the minority or earmarks. Most are for unneeded crap that could never get approved if done in the open.
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