[NavyCanDo]

Like many of you I was rejoicing when it was learned Obama was pushing for the Bush Tax Cuts extension. Loved the way it angered the Left. But the Devil is in the details on this bill, and 8 Billion in earmarks is just not acceptable.

[bbernard]

I think the 8billion in pork you refer to is in a different Bill. You may be referring to the 1.1 trillion Omnibus bill.

[Pearls Before Swine]

But the Devil is in the details on this bill, and 8 Billion in earmarks is just not acceptable.

I don't like earmarks either, but this is a shell game, and focusing on earmarks is picking the wrong shell. The real issue is that it's a FULL one year budget at the grossly expanded 2010 levels. Obama took a big bite out of the economy for government over the past two years, and this resolution keeps it at that expanded level, which is maybe $200 Billion above where it ought to be.

We'd be better off with a one month budget continuation, a tax rate compromise, and a new budget in the next session at more reasonable levels.