http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/03/column-of-the-day-sowell-on-obamas-irrelevant-apologies/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:07:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/03/column-of-the-day-sowell-on-obamas-irrelevant-apologies/comment-page-1/#comment-122688 largebill Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:11:44 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/06/03/column-of-the-day-sowell-on-obamas-irrelevant-apologies/#comment-122688 End All Earmarks! I get so pissed when people rationalize earmarks as doing some good or minimize them by saying they are a tiny percentage of the budget (even heard Limbaugh dismiss earmarks as too small to care about). Doesn't matter the size. Sure $200k may seem small to a congresscritter used to wasting billions, but I guarantee you it seemed like a lot of money to Pfleger. Beyond the Obama examples, the bigger problem with earmarks is it makes it easier for a congresscritter to pay back a past campaign donation/bribe. End All Earmarks! I get so pissed when people rationalize earmarks as doing some good or minimize them by saying they are a tiny percentage of the budget (even heard Limbaugh dismiss earmarks as too small to care about). Doesn’t matter the size. Sure $200k may seem small to a congresscritter used to wasting billions, but I guarantee you it seemed like a lot of money to Pfleger. Beyond the Obama examples, the bigger problem with earmarks is it makes it easier for a congresscritter to pay back a past campaign donation/bribe.

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