So here we are, in the middle of a full-blown economic crisis, and Congress is still planning to fund a planetarium in Peoria, potato cloning in Maine, and a “World Trade Center” in Montana. There’s even a $5.8 million earmark for the “Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate,” which will presumably teach generations of future senators how to stick it to productive Americans, if there’s any of them left by then.
Congressional Democrat leaders defend earmarks.
Obey staunchly defended the estimated 9,000 earmarks in the omnibus. Without earmarks, he said, the“White House and anonymous bureaucrats would make every single spending decision.”
By trying to eliminate earmarks, “you’re assuming the only people with brains are the administration people [and] the legislators have no brains,” Inouye added.
It looks like Obama is going to have some challenges with his fellow Democrats in Congress.
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It's sad that Obama has lied to us & isn't concerned about allowing more pork through in 40 days than the last 10 presidents allowed throughout all their terms!
What are we coddling him? Why aren't we all outraged @ his irresponsible behaviour, lack of leadership & pension to drive the country into insolvency?
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