Earmarks are spending, right? Or are they different from spending? Because I know that Ron Paul doesn’t vote for spending. These earmarks are somewhat different.
Since you make the point to put earmarks in all caps, you must know what they are, and this is your opportunity to explain earmarks and how they’re the same as spending or different from spending.
“Earmarks are spending, right? Or are they different from spending? “
An earmark is a specific funding for a group or organization or project that is not in the usual process or scrutiny of getting debated.
Politicians slip them in at times when they know they won’t be debated. They get out of committee and are overlooked in the broad debate of the Budget.
They are bullshit pork. Paul is famous for it, while he drones on about the Fed.