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Examiner Editorial: Memo to GOP: Don't drop earmark ban
Washington Examiner ^ | 9-17-10 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 09/19/2010 3:45:23 AM PDT by radioone

The profoundly unpopular Obamacare bill would have died an ignominious death had Sen. Ben "Cornhusker Kickback" Nelson, D-Neb., Sen. Mary "Louisiana Purchase" Landrieu, D-La., and Sen. Bill "Florida Flim Flam" Nelson, D-Fla., not traded their votes for hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to redistribute to their constituents. And for the record, earmarks don't help local economies, as demonstrated by a recent Harvard study that concluded federal pork kills jobs and stifles growth by fostering dependence on government money.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; earmarks; pork; republicans

1 posted on 09/19/2010 3:45:27 AM PDT by radioone
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To: radioone

Agreed but earmarks are just a symptom.


2 posted on 09/19/2010 4:00:38 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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