[wolfman23601]

Rush is wrong on this one. While Earmarks themselves don’t account for much, the receipt of Earmarks lead to votes for large, unnecessary spending bills. They are bribes. They were responsible for both stimulus and Obamacare. That is more than $11 Trillion over the next 10 years, well more than 1%. Neither bill would have ever passed without the bribes.

[Brett66]

Yep, earmarks are basically taxpayers money used for the reelection of incumbents. They don’t need to go home and brag to their constituents on how much they robbed the rest of the country.

[SC_Pete]

EXACTLY! Earmarks are corruption.

[The Comedian]

Rush is wrong on this one. While Earmarks themselves don’t account for much, the receipt of Earmarks lead to votes for large, unnecessary spending bills. They are bribes. They were responsible for both stimulus and Obamacare. That is more than $11 Trillion over the next 10 years, well more than 1%. Neither bill would have ever passed without the bribes.

You never refuted the original point that earmarks themselves were around only 1% of the budget.

You make a different argument, and I certainly agree with you, but it is a different point.

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