Posted on 11/30/2011 8:52:31 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
Glenn Beck Smears Ron Paul With Half-Truths About Paul's Earmarks.
Today on his radio show Glenn Beck and his staff declared that Ron Paul is the "earmark king", and labeled Paul a hypocrit. Beck correctly stated that Paul adds many earmarks to spending bills, and then votes against the spending bills. What Beck left out (either by deceit or by ignorance) is that earmarks do not increase the size of a budget. The money allocated for a budget is set by the Appropriations Committee prior to any allocation or earmark. All money not allocated or earmarked is not deleted from the budget, but rather is turned over the the executive branch to spend as it sees fit.
According to Wikipedia [re. Earmark], "Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly point out that directing money to particular purposes is a core constitutional function of Congress. If Congress does not make a specific allocation, the task falls to the executive branch; there is no guarantee that the allocation made by executive agencies will be superior to Congress's. Presidents and executive officials can use the allocation of spending to reward friends and punish enemies." They also warned the "Tea Party's Anti-Earmark Crusade Gives More Power to President Obama".
Those are important points. Unallocated money has no transparency, and therefore can be used by the President to reward friends and punish enemies, without public scrutiny. Therefore, by earmarking as much as he can, Ron Paul is increasing the transparency of government spending. Until the Congress passes a law that requires all unallocated money to be deleted from the budget and returned to the Treasury, Congressman Paul is doing all he can do to increase the transparency of federal expenditures.
Glenn Beck is constantly preaching to us about the importance of (honorable) character. Maybe Beck should practice what he preaches.
Let’s get this in laymen’s terms. Is Ron Paul just another practioner of Voodpoo politics?
Paul was voted earmark king of congress.
He puts these earmarks in budgets, then votes against them, so he can claim “I vote against earmarks (or whatever).
Beck is right on this.
He didn’t need to say any of that. All he should have said is what we all know already.... “he’s a nut”.
Ron Paul will not be the nominee.
>>>Paul was voted earmark king of congress. He puts these earmarks in budgets, then votes against them, so he can claim “I vote against earmarks (or whatever). Beck is right on this.<<<
There is nothing “right” about a half-truth. It is just another lie.
And what part is a lie, as you put it.
>>>I used to be a big Beck fan. Now I can’t stand him. He is more arrogant than Obama. He thinks he’s a prophet or an oracle or something. It’s CREEPY.<<<
Creepy is about right. Lately he had become more and more narcissistic.
Beck smeared no body..it is the poster this thread doing the smearing.
Unfortunately you are correct and even more unfortunate is steams from his conversion to mormonISM.
What makes earmarks objectionable is not merely the act of spending tax dollars. Rather it is the way earmarks are horse-traded for votes.
Simply stated, earmarks are the currency of corruption on Capitol Hill.
IBTZ?
>>>I checked your posting history.<<<
All of it? You must be a world class speed reader to have read nearly 5,000 posts in less than 5 minutes.
>>>Texas Turd<<<
That is a most unusual signature line. Sorta reminds me of Turd Ferguson. Are you two related?
>>>Andrew Wilkow has said pretty much the same thing about Paul’s ear-marking history, and he’s right.<<<
I saw nothing about Ron Paul on the link you provided.
Anyway, if Wilkow agreed with Glenn Beck, then he is either as ignorant as Beck, or a liar. Half-truths are lies, don’t you agree?
>>>And what part is a lie, as you put it.<<<
All of it is a lie if the context is omitted. You do agree that a half-truth is a lie, don’t you?
Watch "Seven Days In May" if you're able to follow it.
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