Comments on: The Founders And Earmarks http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: oilnwater http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-54035 oilnwater Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:21:48 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-54035 there wasnt a national income tax in the founders' day. there wasnt a national income tax in the founders’ day.

]]> By: Jeff Molby http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-54000 Jeff Molby Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:16:20 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-54000 I don't care about earmarks at all. Wake me when someone has the cajones to talk about a net reduction in spending. I don’t care about earmarks at all. Wake me when someone has the cajones to talk about a net reduction in spending.

]]> By: The Liberative http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53997 The Liberative Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:03:06 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53997 I'm just soooo sure the Founding Fathers envisioned HAVING earmarks, and that they would approve of spending the PEOPLE's MONEY recklessly... I’m just soooo sure the Founding Fathers envisioned HAVING earmarks, and that they would approve of spending the PEOPLE’s MONEY recklessly…

]]> By: UCrawford http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53986 UCrawford Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:08:39 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53986 <blockquote>Something tells me Coburn’s got the better argument on this one.</blockquote> When it comes to economics he usually does. Of course, when it comes to civil liberties...

Something tells me Coburn’s got the better argument on this one.

When it comes to economics he usually does.

Of course, when it comes to civil liberties…

]]> By: Brad Warbiany http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53985 Brad Warbiany Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:06:20 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53985 What a joke. The opponents accuse DeMint of destroying the rightful power of Congress. As a libertarian, I believe I have every right to use drugs and solicit prostitutes. But I don't because I realize those actions would be stupid and destroy my life and my marriage. Yet that doesn't restrict my rights in any way. Neither would a self-imposed moratorium on earmarks. While I don't believe that the Constitution would authorize earmarks (<a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/we-have-the-right-as-individuals-to-give-away-as/374353.html" rel="nofollow">nor would Davy Crockett</a>), this bill does NOTHING to limit the authority of Congress to be the holder of the public pursestrings. What it does do is for Congressmen to CHOOSE to show restraint... ...Something they've never been known for doing. What a joke.

The opponents accuse DeMint of destroying the rightful power of Congress.

As a libertarian, I believe I have every right to use drugs and solicit prostitutes. But I don’t because I realize those actions would be stupid and destroy my life and my marriage. Yet that doesn’t restrict my rights in any way.

Neither would a self-imposed moratorium on earmarks. While I don’t believe that the Constitution would authorize earmarks (nor would Davy Crockett), this bill does NOTHING to limit the authority of Congress to be the holder of the public pursestrings. What it does do is for Congressmen to CHOOSE to show restraint…

…Something they’ve never been known for doing.

]]> By: Benjamin Kuipers http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53980 Benjamin Kuipers Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53980 Not only does the U.S. Constitution not make any allowance for direct congressional expenditure of funds for anything not explicitly written into Article I, the framers, at the Constitutional Convention, explicitly rejected clauses which would have allowed outlays for "internal" improvements and other garden-variety "earmarks." Not only does the U.S. Constitution not make any allowance for direct congressional expenditure of funds for anything not explicitly written into Article I, the framers, at the Constitutional Convention, explicitly rejected clauses which would have allowed outlays for “internal” improvements and other garden-variety “earmarks.”

]]> By: Ben http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53970 Ben Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/03/14/the-founders-and-earmarks/#comment-53970 There is a small handful of people in Congress that can rightfully invoke the Constitution and the Founders, and Reid definitely is not one of them. There is a small handful of people in Congress that can rightfully invoke the Constitution and the Founders, and Reid definitely is not one of them.

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