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Originally Posted by Seaver
Right... because STD Education is pivotal to the economic recovery? The whole thing is full of special interest pork.
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i was arguing semantics. pork projects and earmarks aren't always the same thing. earmarks are spending projects that are tacked onto other unrelated bills at the 11th hour in hopes of having them passed without debate. the usual tactic is to have your controversial project tacked onto a crucial bill (like defense spending). everything in this stimulus bill is in the main body of the bill. i'm not defending the projects, just clearing up the terminology