Talk me DOWN on EARMARKS ...

[TheCoxwain]

I heard Obama say that All the Earmarks = 18 Billion

and we know FEDERAL Budget = 2.4 TRILLION


SO 18/2400 = 0.75 %


WTF is wrong with Everyone ... Swiping everyone's Credit Card on my ASS will help the economy more ( It wont ...if you are missing my point)


Some one PLEASE TALK ME DOWN

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

1. Now I need to be talked down...

from the mental image of people swiping their credit card on your ass.

But you are correct. Earmarks are an inconsequential portion of total federal spending.

[orwell]

2. I believe AFDC is around that rate...

...somewhere around 1%.

You notice how the Cons make a big deal over bullshit and don't mention giant budget item larded with pork like Defense spending?

Why do you think that is?

[MrToby]

3. Even More Inconsequential if...

you consider the fact that many earmarks are for worthwhile projects that would be funded anyway. When a project is earmarked, the money must be used for that project only.

Hey, when you got no game you pitch cow pies. McCain knows cutting earmarks is BS but it plays well in a sound bite.

This is what make the "Bridge to Nowhere" more of a ripoff. When the earmark was removed, Palin still collected more than 50% of the money that had been earmarked for the project. Instead she collected 223 million in non-earmarked money to do with as she pleased. And what did she do with the non-earmarked money? A nice chunk of it went to build the "Road to Nowhere".