Comments on: Transparency On Earmarks http://www.frumforum.com/transparency-on-earmarks Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Go Dog Go! http://www.frumforum.com/transparency-on-earmarks/comment-page-1#comment-41024 Go Dog Go! Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:30:57 +0000 #comment-41024 While everyone would agree that earmarks need reform and transparency, the party needs to focus on bigger issues. This is less than 2% of the budget and, while it's fertile political ground today, voters are beginning to grasp the GOP's complicity in the earmark problems. Republicans very stupidly inserted fully half of the earmark spending in this bill themselves. As such, spending 80% of their messaging time on less than 2% of the budget in which they've added pork does not help the cause. While everyone would agree that earmarks need reform and transparency, the party needs to focus on bigger issues. This is less than 2% of the budget and, while it’s fertile political ground today, voters are beginning to grasp the GOP’s complicity in the earmark problems. Republicans very stupidly inserted fully half of the earmark spending in this bill themselves. As such, spending 80% of their messaging time on less than 2% of the budget in which they’ve added pork does not help the cause.

]]> By: fact based http://www.frumforum.com/transparency-on-earmarks/comment-page-1#comment-47147 fact based Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:03:37 +0000 #comment-47147 yes let's talk endlessly about 2% of the budget (led by your ex boss McCain) while repubs like your ex boss say no to everything and express ridiculous ideas like your boss and Sen Shelby to let banks like citi and b of a just go under. Can your ex boss explain what would happen after that ? Oh and that other beaut of a program to get the economy going and prevent growth of the deficit: freeze govt spending cut taxes do nothing about healthcare (despite the fact that every business leader says govt led reform is essential) yes let’s talk endlessly about 2% of the budget (led by your ex boss McCain) while repubs like your ex boss say no to everything and express ridiculous ideas like your boss and Sen Shelby to let banks like citi and b of a just go under. Can your ex boss explain what would happen after that ?

Oh and that other beaut of a program to get the economy going and prevent growth of the deficit:

freeze govt spending
cut taxes
do nothing about healthcare (despite the fact that every business leader says govt led reform is essential)

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