Comments on: The Candidates And Earmarks http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/ 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: Demian http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52291 Demian Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:11:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52291 Whether earmarks “don’t increase the total bottom line of the budget” is debatable. For example, how many extra F-22s that WERE NOT not requested by the Air Force should we build?

]]> By: Norm Nelson http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52239 Norm Nelson Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:47:24 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52239 There should be a website by the OMB to dispell the myth that earmarks increase the amount of money that the goverment steals from its citizens. Earmarks only direct spending to specific items. They are placed in budget bills after the fact and direct that part of the budget will go to specific pork programs. They don’t increse the total bottom line of the budget.

Well i guess I should do some research before I type: http://earmarks.omb.gov/

]]> By: David http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52227 David Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:59:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/14/the-candidates-and-earmarks/#comment-52227 Woot, no stupid earmarks for John Mccain, saving a few million dollars for the taxpayers. Helps cover some of the costs of the trillion dollar wars he promotes.

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