Reply #8: Matters not, Democrats CANNOT keep this up in the name

[Ikonoklast]

of 'employment' in their districts; it is a losing game. It is a system rife with bribes and kickbacks from the recipients, all of them employing lobbyists to whisper in the congressmans ear, "It will get you votes at home, votes at home, votes at home.....".

The Dems are just as guilty as the rest. Earmarks should be declared what they really are, corporate welfare.

The Defense Dept. is the largest spender in the Federal Government, and then on top of what they actually ask for, they get all kinds of money they are forced to spend on projects uncalled for in the budget. It is a shame that our soldiers are getting things they don't need or use, when the requests for the tools they actually need go unheard.

I wish they ran the Dept. of Health and Human Services, or Education like that. Just throw billions at them, and hope they spend it on something 'nice'.