[Beckwith]

3.5% of spending

And a bunch of that goes to non-military or non-critical earmarks and pet projects.

[SkyPilot]

3.5% of spending And a bunch of that goes to non-military or non-critical earmarks and pet projects.

Yup. During Clinton, it was things like AIDS research, and a thousand other projects in Congressional districts.

In the latest Defense Appropriations bill, there were BILLIONS in earmarks that went to pet districts.

Murtha alone had scores of earmarks for himself.

Moreover, there was a proposed "Hate Crimes" rider in the bill proposed by Sen Kennedy to give homosexuals the right to shut down Christians who called their "lifestyle" sinful.

Kennedy cramming hate crimes into defense bill 'Shameless attempt to push homosexual agenda ... by exploiting soldiers'