Christian Boone

Tag: pork

  • barack w. obama

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    When it comes to eliminating earmarks, Obama’s no better than his predecessor, the self-proclaimed “reformer with results.” “We need earmark reform and when I’m president, I will go line by line to make sure we’re not spending money unwisely,” McCain said, reading back Obama’s words at a debate last fall. “That’s the quote, the promise…

  • meanwhile, hillary remains shameless

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    Despite voting for a one-year moratorium on earmarks, Hillborg has requested a staggering $2.3 billion in pork projects for 2009. That’s three times the amount any senator received in ’08. According to her spokesman, “the funds requested are for critical needs for New York and America, and are appropriate and necessary.” Finally, upstate New York…

  • Your tax dollars at work

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    Let’s give it up for the party of reform. You know, the one that promised to end the “culture of corruption.” Now, we have a new Congress and a new cause — earmark reform. To me and, I think, most Americans earmark reform would mean cutting earmarks entirely or at least limiting this pork-barrel spending.…

  • Your tax dollars at work

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    Let’s give it up for the party of reform. You know, the one that promised to end the “culture of corruption.” Now, we have a new Congress and a new cause — earmark reform. To me and, I think, most Americans earmark reform would mean cutting earmarks entirely or at least limiting this pork-barrel spending.…