Posted on 11/12/2010 1:24:01 PM PST by Andrea19
...Members who are eyeing the cookie jar of federal payouts will continue to fill the jar with wasteful spending as long as they’re rewarded with the chocolate goody inside. Otherwise conservative congressmen vote for spending they would oppose if not for the temptation of earmarks — remove the pork and the incentive to sell-out on spending is gone. If new members want to take their mandate for smaller government and less spending seriously, they need to take the earmarks that sweeten government growth off the table entirely...
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