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Originally Posted by kane
I won't judge him too harshly on this bill for two reasons.
1. they say it is a holdover from Bush and they need to sign it to keep the government running. Fighting all the earmarks would be a fruitless battle. They make up 1% of the bill and it could take weeks if not months to get them out. He said today that this was the last of the holdover stuff and from here on out there will much more transparency in how they do things. We will have to wait and see if he means that or if he is just saying that.
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yes it was created over 6 months ago.
however, these "earmarks" also include projects that have been funded already through the "stimulus plan"
so not only is he doing something he said he wouldn't do... but many of these things are being funded twice.
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2. As he says many of the republicans who are criticizing him for signing a bill filled with pork and earmarks have their own pork and earmarks in the bill and now that it is signed they will run home to their states and tout these programs and the money they got for them. So it is kind of hypocritical on that front.
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1) republicans criticizing him for signing a bill with ear marks has zero relevance to the fact that HE said time and time again that he would VETO any bill with ear marks.
That was part of the "change" he was being elected to make happen
2) republicans are also assholes and the problem is the system as a whole is fucked where if you don't grab the money... someone else will
3) Only 1% ? "Only" really? what is the number? it's something like almost $8,000,000,000.00?
you mean that right now... today... that EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS has no other practical use?
That's an astounding thought.