Earmarks: Don’t mend them, end them
Acton Institute
by John Pisciotta
04/22/09
What should be done about earmarks? Some Republicans and Democrats call for reform. I propose total elimination of this political cancer. It is sickening the body politic by damaging its moral culture, destroying the good faith in government that is required for a just and effective rule of law. An earmark is a ’small’ spending provision attached to an appropriations bill by a representative or senator for spending in his or her district or state. Individual earmarks, typically in the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, are too insignificant to receive scrutiny in the legislative process...
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by John Pisciotta
04/22/09
What should be done about earmarks? Some Republicans and Democrats call for reform. I propose total elimination of this political cancer. It is sickening the body politic by damaging its moral culture, destroying the good faith in government that is required for a just and effective rule of law. An earmark is a ’small’ spending provision attached to an appropriations bill by a representative or senator for spending in his or her district or state. Individual earmarks, typically in the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, are too insignificant to receive scrutiny in the legislative process...
http://tinyurl.com/claxl3
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=earmarks
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Pisciotta
rudkla - 23. Apr, 11:19
