Comments on: Earmarks Encourage Spending and That’s No Lie http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/10/earmarks-encourage-spending-and-thats-no-lie/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Cost of Rejecting an Earmark Ban | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/10/earmarks-encourage-spending-and-thats-no-lie/#comment-242152 The Cost of Rejecting an Earmark Ban | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:13:59 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3581#comment-242152 [...] priorities to pay for Senator’s vanity projects. And there is a strong correlation between high numbers of earmarks high total spending by Congress. As George Mason University Law School professor David Bernstein explains, earmarks are [...] [...] priorities to pay for Senator’s vanity projects. And there is a strong correlation between high numbers of earmarks high total spending by Congress. As George Mason University Law School professor David Bernstein explains, earmarks are [...]

]]> By: David Griffith Fort http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/10/earmarks-encourage-spending-and-thats-no-lie/#comment-21338 David Griffith Fort Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:19:59 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3581#comment-21338 Earmarks contain, by design, a double edged sword. The writers of the bill gain support for the bill, and second the earmark normally increases the total dollar value of the bill and is a bribe to buy votes for the congressman who earmarked spending into his home district. Both sides of the sword cut into the pockets of we-the-people for the money for the bill comes from our much abused pockets. In present days, from the pockets of our children and grand-children. Earmarks contain, by design, a double edged sword. The writers of the bill gain support for the bill, and second the earmark normally increases the total dollar value of the bill and is a bribe to buy votes for the congressman who earmarked spending into his home district. Both sides of the sword cut into the pockets of we-the-people for the money for the bill comes from our much abused pockets. In present days, from the pockets of our children and grand-children.

]]> By: Franklin's Lock http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/10/earmarks-encourage-spending-and-thats-no-lie/#comment-21139 Franklin's Lock Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:23:12 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3581#comment-21139 Fascinating graphic. The correlation makes sense. Another thing not mentioned by any these people is how earmarks are contributing to corruption. If a program gets funded by Congressman, what does he get for that? That is what bothers me about earmarks is the perception of “bribery.” <a href="http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/</a> Fascinating graphic. The correlation makes sense. Another thing not mentioned by any these people is how earmarks are contributing to corruption. If a program gets funded by Congressman, what does he get for that? That is what bothers me about earmarks is the perception of “bribery.”

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