Hello, there is no money.
“Hello, there is no money.”
Sure there is. It may be borrowed money, and we’ll have our grandkids’ kids paying it back, but there’s money. They’ll probably still be paying for this government largesse when we’re gone, earmarks or not. The only question is to me whether it’s MORE wrong to have a representative say “if you’re taking my constituents’ money anyway, even though I disapprove, spend it on my district or supporters this way,” as opposed to “if you’re taking it anyway, because I disapprove, take it and let the bureaucrats under executive branch direction decide how to spend it.”