Comments on: So Much For Openness And Transparency http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RightHere! http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30571 RightHere! Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:00:55 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30571 Earmarks????….
I always thought that “earmarks” represent funding put aside in the proposed or ratified budget to go to the requested district or state or other purpose..

Funding has to be requested and then approved by committee before it can be “earmarked” in any budget. This is basic high school level civics stuff.

I checked out the link that was posted and all I saw were requests for funding. Nowhere did I see whether any document of these request were actually “earmarked” in the budget. I wonder how may actually made it. And what was the total dollar amount.

One thing for sure is that I saw no “pork-barrel” funding in any of his request.

]]> By: Zydeco http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30548 Zydeco Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:18:12 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30548 Ron Paul is no libertarian? That’s an interesting comment.

]]> By: Ted http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30545 Ted Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:08:17 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30545 No, Ron Paul had earmarks.

I was surprised that 12 of the reps from Texas responded, and one of those 12 had no earmarks at all. One of the 12 also responded after the deadline.

]]> By: Andy http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30217 Andy Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:34:50 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30217 Paul’s earmarks can be found here, which might explain his recent post at LewRockwell.com reminding us that earmarks don’t change budgets, just where the money goes.

]]> By: Tom Gellhaus http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30213 Tom Gellhaus Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:58:01 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30213 So I checked. Ron Paul responded, and CNN shows a blank page for him, I assume that means NO earmarks.

In my own state, NY, nearly all Congresscritters said “no response” or “no” (as in, no, i will not make my list public.) One of the few who did, Gillibrand (D), is so new she probably doesn’t HAVE any.

]]> By: Andy http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30204 Andy Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:52:14 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30204 Paul’s can be here

Like a true constitutionalist, his earmarks are mostly for guiding DOT and Army COE funding toward his district. He’s great and all that, but he’s no Libertarian.

]]> By: Tom Gellhaus http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30199 Tom Gellhaus Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:12:02 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/19/so-much-for-openness-and-transparency/#comment-30199 Any information on who the seven are?(with none)

I hope that Ron Paul was one…I expect so but you never know.

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