http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/08/all-about-the-earmarks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-about-the-earmarks n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/08/all-about-the-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-30121 Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » It Isn’t the Spending Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:58:27 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/08/all-about-the-earmarks/#comment-30121 [...] I know this will distress some people to learn that the American public for the most part doesn’t care about spending, but this isn’t really news. If runaway spending really was a concern, more people would know about Gramm/Rudman/Hollings and it might actually be followed and include “off budget” spending, we wouldn’t have to have signs in Times Square counting the national debt, and the Concord Coalition would be more than the topic of a trivia question. Weigel’s observation is spot on, but it isn’t actually news, and one of my favorite bloggers has been pointing this very fact out for, well, months, if not years. Here is a snippet from September, when he was merely irritated at the GOP silliness: [...] [...] I know this will distress some people to learn that the American public for the most part doesn’t care about spending, but this isn’t really news. If runaway spending really was a concern, more people would know about Gramm/Rudman/Hollings and it might actually be followed and include “off budget” spending, we wouldn’t have to have signs in Times Square counting the national debt, and the Concord Coalition would be more than the topic of a trivia question. Weigel’s observation is spot on, but it isn’t actually news, and one of my favorite bloggers has been pointing this very fact out for, well, months, if not years. Here is a snippet from September, when he was merely irritated at the GOP silliness: [...]

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/08/all-about-the-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-13709 kranza Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:33:41 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/08/all-about-the-earmarks/#comment-13709 Earmarks are chump change compared to how the government really wastes money--war and welfare. But McCain and the Republicans support that kind of spending, so they act like pork is the cause of all debt, waste, and big guv'mint. While many may have convinced themselves that's why they lost in '06, I'm sure many know that it's just an excuse since they have no intention of changing in the ways that caused them to lose. Earmarks are chump change compared to how the government really wastes money–war and welfare. But McCain and the Republicans support that kind of spending, so they act like pork is the cause of all debt, waste, and big guv’mint. While many may have convinced themselves that’s why they lost in ’06, I’m sure many know that it’s just an excuse since they have no intention of changing in the ways that caused them to lose.

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