Posted on 03/03/2009 9:36:28 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
Senators love their earmarks. The Senate refused Tuesday to jettison thousands of pet projects from a large spending bill. The vote was an overwhelming 63-32.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona led the attempt to delete the earmarks. Taxpayers for Common Sense says there are 8,570 congressional earmarks in the bill, worth $7.7 billion.
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If McCain had stood up for fiscal responsibility a few more times in the last 18 years, he would have had a lot more conservative support in 2008. If he could articulate why it's immoral to spend like drunken sailors while leaving the bill for our children, he would have had more overall support in 2008. It's nice to see this from Governor Palin's running mate, but it's too little and too late.
McCain was and is a disaster for the GOP. He favors amnesty and a cap and trade system to address the global warming hoax. The former will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen and the later will further destroy our economy.
Earmarks!??? Earmarks??? NObama said there were no earmarks!! No Personal Projects at all in thie ‘Porkulus Bill!!
Why, who’d have thought it??
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