We agree with Glenn Reynolds that this is a “striking graphic” from Larry Kudlow’s show on the perhaps not so coincidental relationship between government pork projects and total government spending:
One minor addition though … the “earmarks are a gateway drug on the road to the spending addiction” line is actually from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). Although Coburn probably doesn’t mind if Dick Armey borrows the line to get the message out.
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