[jackbill]

About 6,400 "earmarks" for about $24 billion.

Check out:

http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/News2?abbr=CCAGW_&page=NewsArticle&id=9162

Perhaps next time we can finally elect a conservative president.

[Southack]

"About 6,400 "earmarks" for about $24 billion."

You'd prefer that $24 Billion of our Highway Trust Fund remain unspent?!

You're taxed at the gas pump whether Congress spends the money in that trust fund or not, you know. We've just gone two straight years with those taxes stacking up *outside* of our economy. Who benefits from that nonsense?