You might want to re-think your disagreement. You do know that the "pork" money in question is already allocated in a federal budget that has been passed by both houses of congress (with a no vote from Dr. Paul), and has been signed into law by the president (or by obama if it's a recent spending bill).
The money IS going to be spent - either on what it was earmarked for, or it goes into a general fund (obama's stash).
The earmarks that Dr. Paul gets condemned here for are nothing but funding requests from his constituents that he passes on to a congressional budget committee.
Yeah, but my position is simply that neither Congress nor the executive branch should earmark. Why not just abolish them for both branches of government. The Constitution doesn’t authorize pet projects within an individual state. That doesn’t involve regulating commerce among the states.
“You might want to re-think your disagreement. You do know that the “pork” money in question is already allocated in a federal budget that has been passed by both houses of congress (with a no vote from Dr. Paul), and has been signed into law by the president (or by obama if it’s a recent spending bill).”
What a cowardly position...Paul puts in Pork through earmarks, then votes against the bill, knowing it will pass.
Conservatives are on to his phoney ass. That claptrap doesn’t fly on FR.