Our 2 most esteemed conress critters from Alaska, Stevens and Young, both defended the use of earmarks, saying the money is there anyway, it might as well come to Alaska. Absolutely no talk of reducing or getting rid of them. Pigs at the trough, and I am sick and tired of it from supposed conservatives.
Neither one, I guess, thought to say, "You know what?...we could actually save some money here and use it on our ridiculous social security entitlement and actually have the SSA purchase assets with an actual monetized value."