Text 18188, 130 rader
Skriven 2006-03-10 19:41:00 av Jeff Binkley (1:226/600)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Sakowski
Ärende: Fiscal responsibility
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BS>JB> What he is saying is that he doesn't know.  
BS> 
BS>Ah, like cockroaches since time immemorial, Binkley strikes
BS>again.  FTR, he knows.
BS> 
BS>JB> He pulled this from a left wing bomb throwing website 


BS>http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/7411269p-7323275c.html

BS>Anchorage Daily News:

BS>[snip]
BS>McCain, though, says the appropriations committees are out of 
BS>control on earmarks. Between 1994 and 2004, the number of 
BS>home-district earmarks in appropriations bills jumped from 
BS>4,000 to 14,000, according to the Congressional Research 
BS>Service. The earmarks in 1994 were worth about $29 billion, 
BS>compared to $52 billion a decade later.

BS>Congressional earmarks for Alaska last year included more 
BS>than $450 million for the controversial bridges in Ketchikan 
BS>and across Knik Arm linking Anchorage to Mat-Su.
BS>[snip]

BS>Damn that left-wing John McCain.  Damn that left-wing Anchorage
BS>Daily News.  Damn that left-wing Congressional Research Service.

BS>====

BS>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183601,00.html

BS>Fox News:

BS>[snip]
BS>Earmarks, said Feinstein, are often "put in in the dark of night 
BS>by people who have substantial power and authority." There's no 
BS>question, Lott said at a news conference, "that the practice has 
BS>exploded over the years."

BS>There were an estimated 14,000 earmarks or pork barrel projects 
BS>inserted into legislation in 2004, more than triple the number 
BS>of a decade earlier, according to one congressional study. The 
BS>value of these projects, ranging from highways to defense 
BS>contracts, was put at $52 billion, nearly double a decade earlier.
BS>[snip]

BS>Damn that left-wing Trent Lott.  Damn that left-wing Fox News.

BS>===

BS>http://www.rightpundit.net/index.php?p=611

BS>The Right Pundit:

BS>[snip]
BS>However, when it comes to fighting unnecessary federal spending, 
BS>Senator McCain is one of few willing to wage the battle and he 
BS>should be applauded for that. Here is a letter he and Oklahoma 
BS>Senator Tom Coburn sent to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist 
BS>on the profligately practice of “earmarks", a practice that 
BS>allows congressmen to obtain wasteful federal spending in 
BS>their home district without serious debate or disclosure. 
BS>(Hat tip: KLo at The Corner) Read the whole (short) letter, 
BS>but this excerpt gives you a good idea of what they plan 
BS>to do:

BS> We are committed to doing all we can to halt this egregious 
BS> earmarking practice and plan to challenge future legislative 
BS> earmarks that come to the Senate floor. This will give all 
BS> Senators the opportunity to learn the merits of proposed 
BS> earmarked projects and affirm or reject them. Even though 
BS> votes on earmarks will undoubtedly be quite time-consuming, 
BS> we sincerely believe that American taxpayers are entitled 
BS> to a more thorough debate and disclosure about how their 
BS> money is being spent.

BS>The most disturbing part of their letter is their research 
BS>revealed that in 1994 there were 4,126 “earmarksö while in 
BS>2005 there were 15,268. During that time Republicans were 
BS>in control of the House of Representatives all of the time 
BS>and the Senate most of the time. We elect Republicans to 
BS>limit spending, not to make sure there is plenty of spending 
BS>in our districts.
BS>[snip]

BS>Damn that left-wing Right Pundit.  Damn that left-wing Tom
BS>Coburn.

BS>===

BS>http://www.theinternetparty.org/commentary/c_s.php?td=20010709&sectio
BS>n_type=com

BS>The Internet Party:
BS>"The Internet Party is non-partisan. We support neither 
BS>Democrats nor Republicans.

BS>We are a grassroots collection of individuals dedicated 
BS>to traditional American democracy: smaller, less intrusive 
BS>government with expanded individual rights and liberties."
BS> 
BS>[snip]
BS>The Washington Post reports:

BS>    "House Republicans have requested 18,898 earmarks 
BS>    (targeted expenditures for home-district projects 
BS>    such as highways, dams, parks and museums) in the 
BS>    spending bills making their way through Congress.  
BS>    If all were approved, the cost would amount to 
BS>    $279 billion -- about the size of the Pentagon's 
BS>    annual budget."
BS>[snip]



BS>So you see Jeff, once more you prove just how full of
BS>shit you and your fact free contributions truly are.  

BS>Be a good boy and crawl back under your rock.

None of this answers the question.  My comment remains.


Jeff



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