[The Comedian]

I don’t get this obsession with banning earmarks. If the Congresscritters don’t decide where the pork goes, then Obama and his cronies make that call.

Rush explained this perfectly yesterday: Earmarks are less than 1% of the Federal budget. It's a distraction mechanism by the Government Party.

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[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.