Pelosi On Earmarks: “My patience is running out on earmarks, I’ll tell you that,” “I don’t intend to spend a whole lot of time talking about them. We’ll either have them or we won’t, but we’re not going to spend a lot of time talking about it.”
By: Pam On: Apr/1/08 - Leave Your Comment
I’m not sure which is worse, the statement Pelosi made, or the author’s attempt to make it seem like earmarks are good for us. Without earmarks, people will lose jobs! I think not! I don’t think that any of us that are calling for a moratorium on pork spending are complaining about funding for infrastructure, police and some military related projects. John Murtha, D-Pa., “porker of the year”, has a history of suspect earmarks and they need to be answered for. What we want to see an end to is the spending that is unnecessary at this time. Here is a link to Michigan Earmarks in 2008 Appropriations Bills. Just take a look at that and tell me with a straight face that the money was spent to keep people working!
