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you make good points, but do you want Congress to be debating every single project that someone wants to put forward? How many worthwhile projects will get ditched because there isn't time or energy to propose it?
I think allowing the President line-item veto power is a better solution than "banning" earmarks
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Yes... I do. It'd help starve the hog feeding off our tables. If something is to be added into effect then it should be debated and voted on. If it doesn't get passed, maybe those local projects should be debated and voted on at the local level? The Fed is not the end-all of government and should never have become it.
Just do me a favor. If it's so "not-an-issue" look up the amor-for-troops bill (I'm stepping out in a min so I can't). Look up how many earmarks are attached to it... it's a fucking christmas tree where everyone stacked on pet-projects because everyone knew there'd be no one opposing it (or political suicide).