The Earmark Stimulus bill
Much is being made of the fact that Obama, who promised to cut earmarks, is poised to sign a bill that has something like 9,000 earmarks. Of course, that’s chicken feed compared to the bill’s real purpose, which is to expand government at an exponential rate unknown in American history.
It therefore occurred to me that the ire over yet another Obama lie is misplaced. Considering that the earmarks, unlike the main spending, would actually fund some local, quasi- or non-governmental endeavors (real pump priming), I suggest that we keep the earmarks and scrap the rest of the bill.
