Posted on 03/12/2009 11:15:36 AM PDT by cc2k
It's either the turning point from where Candidate Obama said during the October 7, 2008 Presidential debate, "I want to go line by line through every item in the federal budget and eliminate programs that don't work and make sure that those that do work, work better and cheaper," to where an increase of spending by 16% for the next 6 months is even better than cheaper
Or perhaps the turning point was a bit later, when he took out his pen and switched from "Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts, and that's why I've opposed their outright elimination," turning to I'll just sign off on all 9,000 of these earmarks without even reading them.
Now, I'm pretty sure he proposed the outright elimination of earmarks before he opposed elminating them entirely.
What’s the problemen with earmarks? They don’t increase spending, they merely divy it out. Would we rather have the president determine each and every appropriation? Given this administration, I’d rather have individual congresscritters do it.
What an empty suit the Obamateur is!
Yea, he will change it as soon as he is out of office..he really means it..does a turning point go in infinite circles if the wheel is tied hard left?
Looks like Obummer farting in the wind again.
Getting rid of earmarks?
What, is he going to wear a hat while making snow angels?
...this is truly sick of the Obama Administration.
I’ve heard of denial, but this...this is dementia in it’s very own catagory...
When are more people going to see this guy for the lying hypocrite he is?
Earmarks are bribes to buy congressional votes.
for even bigger spending bills
“What’s the problemen with earmarks?”
They are done purposely to avoid scrutiny of usual debate and committee and review procedures.
I’ve heard of denial, but this...this is dementia in it’s very own catagory...
Obama, his wife, his administration, the entire Democratic party, and his voter-cult has all the appeal & consistency of wet toilet paper.
Well....at least voters have some impact on their individaul congresscritter. If the budget writing is exclusively in the hands of the leadership or the prez, they have even less imput. How is that a good thing? In any case, earmarks don’t affect the overall size of the budget anyway so it much to ado about very little.
Bribes? Perhaps....but we had massive porkbarrel and earmarks in the late nineteenth century yet government remained very small.
Does it hurt to be clueless?
And your point is?
"What you likely have heard about is that this bill does include earmarks."Â He made several points, noting that earmarks need not be inherently evil if they are simply transparent requests for help in areas of legitimate need, and that many who would focus all of their energies railing against earmarks often fight to the teeth for their own. But the President made clear that there have also been too many examples where earmarking led to corruption...but only through most of the 62 year span from 1933 to 1995, so it was okay. Happy days are here again.
So they were going to spend that amount of money regardless, and the slimes were just "redirecting"? Is that what you believe? These thieves are wiping each other's arses with the "limited budget" laws.
How about, "I need this much money for my pet piggy, so add it on to the total, and once everyone has all the money they want, then we will add it all together and call that our minimum. I will then vote for your pig as 'required' if you vote for mine."
The only limit to how much money they think they can spend is how much they want to. They are going to raise taxes, sell more bonds to the Chinese, print more paper. These Effers can quit tomorrow, and live forever on the pensions and independent health care they voted themselves. You're the one, and your children, grandchildren and great,great,great grandchildren will pay.
The fairy tale of a limited budget died years ago, like Tinker Bell at the Retarded Punch Press Operator's Pagent. From lack of applause...
His idol Ron Paul likes earmarks..
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